| 单词 | mountain zebra |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain zebra mountain zebra n. any zebra occurring in mountainous country; spec. the relatively small Equus zebra, which has transverse stripes across the back and is found (now rarely) on the mountain grasslands of South West Africa. ΚΠ 1844 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Mauritius & S. Afr. 572 The Mountain Zebra, Equus Zebra, called Wilde Ezel or Wild Ass, is abundant here. 1897 H. A. Bryden Nature & Sport 96 Here, upon inaccessible cliffs, and rugged hills, still finds shelter that rare beast, the true or mountain zebra, an animal now becoming very scarce. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. vi. 51 The Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is the smallest of the group of hippotigrine equines, standing some 4 feet at the shoulder. 1993 BBC Wildlife June 14/1 Since 1950, the Namibian population of Hartmann's mountain zebra E. zebra hartmannae has declined from 50,000 to 7,150, and the Cape mountain zebra E. z. zebra..still numbers only 560. < as lemmas |
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