Zoological Society bulletin . , so completely surround the bodythat they unite with a black line extendingalong the under surface of the belly. Grant.;zebra, like the Grevy. has a very conspicuousset of horizontal stripes extending down thelegs to the hoofs, and is thus readily distin-guished from the Chapman zebra in which thelower portion of the leg is quite pale. The Grant is typical of a very large groupentirely distinct from the Grew and Mountainzebras. It is broadly known as the Burchellgroup, the type of which was the zebra foundand described by the English explorer Burchellnorth of the
Zoological Society bulletin . , so completely surround the bodythat they unite with a black line extendingalong the under surface of the belly. Grant.;zebra, like the Grevy. has a very conspicuousset of horizontal stripes extending down thelegs to the hoofs, and is thus readily distin-guished from the Chapman zebra in which thelower portion of the leg is quite pale. The Grant is typical of a very large groupentirely distinct from the Grew and Mountainzebras. It is broadly known as the Burchellgroup, the type of which was the zebra foundand described by the English explorer Burchellnorth of the Orange River, which roamed northof that stream as the Quagga roamed to thesouth. In the typical Burchell zebra (E. bur-rhelli, now believed to be quite extinct) theentire legs are devoid of stripes, so that thezebras of the Burchell group from the Grantzebra on the extreme north of British EastAfrica to the extinct Quagga of the Cape ofGood Hope region, once presented a completecolor transition from the universal striping in. Fig. 10. GRANTS ZEBRA. Equus burchelli granti. Showing the broad striping, and the thoroughness with which the striping of the legs is carried down to the hoofs. O t/s — H ^ | 3 Q a z — <y g c 5 ^< +* E 0) oa 03 C o G— ^n .=: ^ ta j c =j ^V a) S-i 01 B! O 1. 1. 22 £ « fl to £ w 11 1 i 1 •§ 37 g < £ •= s « s* a 5 s o 3 « < x
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