The zebra (Equus grevyi) is found in Ogaden and places to the south, the wild ass in the northern regions.
The zebra, giraffe and the rare okapi are found in the north-eastern borderlands.
The magnification is too small to show the zebra striping of the pearlite.
When first entered by white men the Transvaal abounded in big game, the lion, leopard, elephant, giraffe, zebra and rhinoceros being very numerous, while the hippopotamus and crocodile were found in all the rivers.
The open savannas are the home of large ungulates, especially antelopes, the giraffe (peculiar to Africa), zebra, buffalo, wild ass and four species of rhinoceros; and of carnivores, such as the lion, leopard, hyaena, &c. The okapi (a genus restricted to Africa) is found only in the dense forests of the Congo basin.