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Le zebre femelle [female zebra]

Le zebre femelle [female zebra],  Image number:SIL28-297-03
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  From:
Nouvelle description du Cap de Bonne-Espérance

Carel Frederik Brink 1758-1784
Amsterdam, Chez J.H. Schneider, 1778.

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Dutch explorers Carel Brink and Hendrick Hop encountered zebras and quaggas during their expedition to the Cape. This illustration, from the published account of their travels, depicts an animal with the quagga's stripe pattern, but the caption reads "female zebra."
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