. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORSES—ZEBRA GROL 1\ 419 Characteris- The Quagga (Equus quagga) shows a tics of the greater similitude to the Horse than Quagga. to the Ass in its outward appear- ance, though it is much inferior in beauty to the Dauvv. The body is of very pleasing outline, the head is moderately large and graceful, the ears are short, the legs strong. A short, erect mane adorns the whole length of the neck; the tail is hairy from the root and longer than that
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORSES—ZEBRA GROL 1\ 419 Characteris- The Quagga (Equus quagga) shows a tics of the greater similitude to the Horse than Quagga. to the Ass in its outward appear- ance, though it is much inferior in beauty to the Dauvv. The body is of very pleasing outline, the head is moderately large and graceful, the ears are short, the legs strong. A short, erect mane adorns the whole length of the neck; the tail is hairy from the root and longer than that of the other varieties of the Zebras, though considerably shorter than that of the Horse. In respect to the rest of its hairy cover- ing the Quagga resembles the latter—the hair is short and lies close to the body. The ground-color is a brown tint, dark on the head, lighter on the back, the crupper and the flanks; the abdomen, the inner face of the thighs, and the hair of the tail are pure The Dauw Nearest Rurch ell's Zebra, or the Dauw Kinsman of the (Equus buirlicllii), is undoubtedly the Horse. noblest member of the whole family, because it shows the greatest resemblance to the Horse in appearance, being scarcely smaller than the Quagga. The soft, sleek coat is of a sorrel color above, and white underneath. Fourteen small black stripes commence at the nostrils. Along the spine runs a black band edged with white; the neck is marked by ten broad, black and sometimes forked stripes; the legs are usually of a plain white color. Peculiarities The Zebra ( Equus zebra) has much of the Ze- the same physical proportions as the ora- Dauw, but is striped all over the body, and thereby readily distinguished from that animal. Its conformation is approximate to that of. THE ZEBRA. — This species of the Horse family, once common in south Africa, is now found there in much decreased numbers. It is the most perfectly striped of all the family, not only heme marked on the body but also
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