. Zoological Society bulletin . Kiang, Equus hemionus. NTrans-Baikal Region. (Grevy Zebra, Equus and Br. E. Zebra, Equus East Zebra, Equus burchellichapmani. Central South Zebra, Equus zebra. CapeColony, S. Africa. The Przewalsky Wild Horse, otherwiseknown as the Steppe horse, and nearest relativeof the domestic horse, is readily distinguishedfrom all modern domesticated breeds by theentire absence of the forelock and by the factthat the mane rises along the neck like a crestexactly as in the zebras and asses, and does notfal
. Zoological Society bulletin . Kiang, Equus hemionus. NTrans-Baikal Region. (Grevy Zebra, Equus and Br. E. Zebra, Equus East Zebra, Equus burchellichapmani. Central South Zebra, Equus zebra. CapeColony, S. Africa. The Przewalsky Wild Horse, otherwiseknown as the Steppe horse, and nearest relativeof the domestic horse, is readily distinguishedfrom all modern domesticated breeds by theentire absence of the forelock and by the factthat the mane rises along the neck like a crestexactly as in the zebras and asses, and does notfall over on one side, as in the domestic large head, rather short and truly horse-like ears, small and inexpressive eyes, and lightbuff-colored muzzle are well shown in Fia\ body is uniformly colored, with a darkbrown dorsal stripe. Sometimes there are fainthorizontal stripings on the legs. Another very distinctive feature, well shownin Fig. 3, is the short, stiff hair on the upper ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 913. Fig. t. THE KIAXG, OF TIBET From photograph by the Duchess of Bedford,made in Woburn Park portion of the tail, of buff or dun color, tra-versed by the vertical stripe. There is a vastdifference between the short, smooth and ratherhandsome coat of these animals in summer andthe rough, shaggy coat of the winter, when along beard appears beneath the jaws. These animals were formerly widely spreadover Europe, between twenty and twenty-fivethousand years ago. During the Ice Age, theywere among the favorite subjects of the cavemen, who represented them with extraordinaryfidelity as to all the features we have men-tioned, on the walls of the caves of the Pyre-nees, and of Oordogne and northwestern one of these drawings shows a forelock,and it is remarkable how those prehistoricartists portrayed the rather dull eyes in con-trast with the fierce expression they gave theeyes of the bison. The general dun or light-brownish color ofthe Przewalsky horses c
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