Zebra

an African animal, with straight hoofs. It is classified between the horse and the ass. There are three species. The common zebra is of a whitish color, with regular black stripes running crosswise or the shortest way on nearly every part of its body, legs, tail and neck. It is about four and one-half feet high at the shoulder. It is an exceedingly lightfooted, graceful animal, with the activity of a horse, but with an extremely intractable, stubborn temper. It was formerly abundant in the hilly regions of South Africa. Although fleet and wary, it seems doomed to extermination. It frequently feeds and herds with the quagga, a very similar animal without stripes on its hind quarters and legs. The zebra is not injured by the tsetse fly. See Horse; Uganda

An important natural asset, hitherto little appreciated and yet to be exploited, undoubtedly exists in the wild fauna of South Africa, and a far-reaching movement for the establishment of sanctuaries, or game reserves, in suitable localities throughout the continent has had foundation not only in sentiment, but also in a recognition of the potential utility of many classes of game now threatened with extinction. The prevalence of devastating stock diseases lends additional importance to the partial or complete immunity enjoyed by indigenous forms, and has led veterinarians and stock breeders to seek therein a means of obviating some portion of the resulting losses among domestic animals. When the mule has failed to show any marked degree of natural resistance to horse sickness, the zebroid or cross between horse and zebra, is destined to play an important part in the tropics.--Consular Report.