The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . The Quagga or Quacha (Equus quagga), so-calledfrom its neigh, is now probably as extinct as the Moa and theDodo, although it is not very long since living specimens werein European collections. Down to the middle of the last century 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883 (Notes on the zebra met with by the Speke andGrant Expedition in Eastern Africa, by Col. J. A. Grant, ), p. 175, withwoodcut of head, p. 176. My illustration (Fig. 30) is from an electrotype of theblock just mentioned, which the Council of the Zoological Society has kindlypermitted m
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . The Quagga or Quacha (Equus quagga), so-calledfrom its neigh, is now probably as extinct as the Moa and theDodo, although it is not very long since living specimens werein European collections. Down to the middle of the last century 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883 (Notes on the zebra met with by the Speke andGrant Expedition in Eastern Africa, by Col. J. A. Grant, ), p. 175, withwoodcut of head, p. 176. My illustration (Fig. 30) is from an electrotype of theblock just mentioned, which the Council of the Zoological Society has kindlypermitted me to have made. n] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 7T it roamed in immense herds over the plains of Cape Cohjny, theOrange River Colony, and part of Griqualand West, but itappears never to have been found north of the Vaal closely resembled Burchells zebra, being more like thehorse than the ass, though like some North-African horsesand Celtic ponies it had no chestnuts on the hind legs. Itapproached the horse in colour and character of the tail more. ilci. iil. Typical Burchell any other of the striped Equidae. The ground colour ofthe upper parts of the body was light reddish-browu or bay,the under surface of the body, the legs and the tail werenearly white. The head, neck, and front of the body weremarked with dark brown stripes, which are commonly said tofade away gradually behind the shoulders, the hinder part ofthe body, save for a broad dorsal stripe, and the legs beingfree from marks \ but according to Dr Noack^ the transverse ^ Tegetmeier, op. cit. pp. (52-3. - Das Quagga, in Zool. Garten, 1893, p. 289. 72 THE EXISTING EQUIDAE [CH. stripes reached back as far as the buttocks; they were howevercompletely absent from the legs. The first description of the quagga is that given byG. Edwards^ in 1758: For size and shape it is much likethe last described ( the Mountain Zebra). To speak of itsgeneral colour (exclusive of its stripes, which are all black), thehead,
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