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Show 34 DR. L. V. LORENZ ON THE Description of the female Quagga purchased by Ecklon, 1836 (Mus. Vindob.). Measurements in centimetres: Total length from upper lip to end of tail, without hair ... 300 Length of the face from nostrils to the beginning of the mane 43 Length of the mane 76 From end of mane to root of tail 128 Tail without hair 40 Tail with hair 80 Length of ears on the outer side 22-5 Ditto on the inner side 15 Height at the withers 130 Height at the croup 139 Fore leg from the elbow 71 Hind leg from the heel 52 Hoofs, length 6*5 & 6 Circumference of hoofs... 23 & 27 Coloration : Ground - colour of upperside clay-brown on the head, creamy buff on the neck, shoulders, and back, gradually changing to buff on the flanks and thighs. Breast, underparts, legs, and tail white. Tail with elongated hair from the root. Head, neck, back, and flanks with narrow or broad stripes of yellowish brown passing into chestnut or maroon. Back (haunches) clouded with drab. Mane in the middle dark chestnut, ornamented laterally by tufts of whitish hair, ten on each side. Along the back in continuation of the mane a dark brown stripe, having a breadth of 3 cm. on the withers, expanding to 12 cm. on the crupper, and growing again narrower towards the tail, on which it extends to a length of 12 cm., terminating with a breadth of [Jan. 14, Remarks on the Description. Of all the Quaggas figured as above noted the authors give generally smaller measurements, and the specimens examined by me were all apparently smaller. Of the figures above cited only figure hi. comes generally near the colour of our specimen, but it is still lighter. Fig. iv. approaches it too, but is darker on the back. In fig. i. the ground-colour is pale chestnut. The stuffed specimens seen in other museums resemble in their ground-colour fig. ii. The stripes on the head, neck, and body are darker except those of fig. iii. Edwards's Quagga is described as with black stripes. In figure x. this band is only to be seen on the croup; the pectoral region of the spine appears to be quite light. Figure iii. shows no dorsal band. The young Quagga of the Cape Town Museum is said to be also without this band. |
