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Grévy's zebra|ˈgreɪvɪz ˈziːbrə, ˈzɛbrə|
[tr. of Equus grevyi (A. Milne-Edwards 1882, in La Nature 3 June 13/1), f. the name of F. P. J. Grévy (1807–91), president of the French Republic.]
A member of a species of zebra, Equus grevyi, found in southern Ethiopia and Somalia.
[1882Proc. Zool. Soc. 721 Mr. Sclater exhibited some photographs of the new Zebra, lately named Equus grevyi by M. A. Milne-Edwards.] 1891W. H. Flower Horse 196/2 (index) Zebra, Grevy's. 1894Proc. Zool. Soc. 320 Grévy's Zebra was, I think, first shot in Somaliland by Colonel Paget. 1910R. E. Drake-Brockman Mammals of Somaliland 105 Grevy's zebra seems to prefer undulating rocky bush country to any other. 1931Times Educ. Suppl. 7 Nov. 11 This species is known as Grevy's zebra, and is taller and slimmer than the true zebra. 1957R. Campbell Portugal 46 The shimmering skin of a Grevy's zebra. 1965D. Morris Mammals 353 Grévy's Zebra is the largest and most narrowly striped of the zebras. |