Mammalian hybrids : a check-list with bibliography / by Annie P. Gray.

  • Gray, Annie P.
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[1954]
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    EQ^UIDAE 49 Equus asinus (contd.) X Equus zebra Linnaeus [Mountain Zebra] Reciprocal crosses are possible. There is some doubt regarding the fertility of the hybrids. Tyrwhitt-Drake states that a $ hybrid between the zebra and a tame Caucasian donkey ran with a mountain zebra stallion for 3 years without result. Ackermann, К. 1898; Antonius, О. 1934^»*, 19440*; Carp, В. 1952; Drury, L. 1946*; Ewart, J. С. igooa*, 1900^*; Flower, S.S. 1929a; Kfizeneck-^, J. 1926; Lotsy, J. P. 1922; Lus, Ja. Ja. 1938*; Lydekker, R. 1912^; Pocock, R. I. igni»; Przibram, H. 1910*; Rz^snicki, A. 1931*; Tyrwhitt-Drake, Sir G. 1949. 170. Equus asinus africanus Fitzinger [African Wild Ass. Nubian Wild Ass] X Equus asinus Linnaeus [Ass. Donkey] The hybrids are fertile. See Equus asinus x Equus asinus africanus (No. 169). 171. Equus asinus somalicus P. L. Sclater [Somali Wild Ass] X Equus burchellii antiquorum H. Smith [Chapman's Zebra] <? Somali ass x $ Chapman's zebra. Flower and Lydekker report a ? hybrid born in the London Zoo. The head, neck and body were practically self-coloured but the legs were well banded. Pocock gives the gestation period of a hybrid foal as 12 months 4 days. Flower, S. S. 1929a; Lydekker, R. 1912¿>; Pocock, R. I. igni; Rz^snicki, A. 1931. X Equus hemionus onager Boddaert [Persian Onager. Persian Wild Ass] (Í Somali ass x $ Persian onager. Hybridization is reported. Antonius, О. 1944a*. X Equus zebra Linnaeus [Mountain Zebra] S Somali wild ass x ? mountain zebra. A ? hybrid is said to have been born in the London Zoo after a gestation period of 12f months. The head, neck and body were practically self-coloured but the legs were well banded. Another hybrid was bred at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. Lydekker, R. 1912^; Pocock, R. L 1911¿; Rzq,snicki, A. 1931. 172. Equus asinus taeniopus Heuglin [Abyssinian Wild Ass] y. Equus hemionus hemippus I. Geoffroy [Hemippe. Syrian Wild Ass] $ hemippe x $ Abyssinian ass. A hybrid foal born in the London Zoo in 1883 was reddish in colour, like its sire. It was a fine animal, but was vicious and untamed. The hybrids are probably sterile. Ewart, J. C. 1902; Lus, Ja. Ja. 1938; Tegetmeier, W. В., and Sutherland, C. L. i8g5. X Equus zebra Linnaeus [Mountain Zebra] The hybrids are probably sterile. S ass X ? zebra. A hybrid was born in the Berlin Zoo in 1876. Lus, Ja. Ja. 1938; Nissle, С. 1876; Przibram, H. 1910 (quoting Rörig); Rörig, A. 1903.