Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1978 - Natual history |
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Page 33
This is certainly true in the case of the ' subspecies ' burchelli . The diagnostic
characteristics of the true Burchell's zebra Equus quagga burchelli are usually
given as follows : whitish , unstriped legs except occasionally some traces of
stripes ...
This is certainly true in the case of the ' subspecies ' burchelli . The diagnostic
characteristics of the true Burchell's zebra Equus quagga burchelli are usually
given as follows : whitish , unstriped legs except occasionally some traces of
stripes ...
Page 34
Accurate assessment of old documents is , therefore , practically impossible .
Pocock ( 1897 : 42 ) wrote 13 years before the alleged extinction of Equus
quagga burchelli : : .. and on account of the general application of the term
Burchelli to any ...
Accurate assessment of old documents is , therefore , practically impossible .
Pocock ( 1897 : 42 ) wrote 13 years before the alleged extinction of Equus
quagga burchelli : : .. and on account of the general application of the term
Burchelli to any ...
Page 37
Indeed , a few are less striped than some of the burchelli specimens figured by
Cabrera ( 1936 ) ( Fig . 5 ) and others . It appears , therefore , that Equus quagga
burchelli is , in fact , not extinct but still survives in Zululand ( and possibly ...
Indeed , a few are less striped than some of the burchelli specimens figured by
Cabrera ( 1936 ) ( Fig . 5 ) and others . It appears , therefore , that Equus quagga
burchelli is , in fact , not extinct but still survives in Zululand ( and possibly ...
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abbreviation Africa Albian Ammonites Anisoceras appear Aptian author's name authors Barnard bearing BMNH body body chamber burchelli Cape Town capital Casey closely Collected colony compressed Cretaceous described Description designated developed diameter differs Discussion distal dorsal Equus Family fauna female figures flank Formation four genus Holotype illustrations included indicated infertile inner Kennedy Klinger known lacking lateral length Locality Lower male margin material Middle Millard Mortoniceras Note occur original ornament outer paratypes Pereopod Pictet Porto Amboim present preserved quagga range references ribs River rounded Sanmartinoceras scientific segment separates setae shell short shoulder single slightly Smith South African Museum southern Spath species specimens spines Stoliczkaia Synonymy Tables telson tubercles Type species umbilical University Upper uropod USNMNH venter ventral ventrolateral whole mount whorl whorl section Wiedmann zebra Zululand