Note 20 — Chapter VI · PORTUGAL AND ABYSSINIA

Probably, from the description given, Equus grevyi; so that this, the largest, rarest, and the latest described of all the zebras, was probably the first example of the striped horse to receive that name at the hands of the Portuguese, and become known to Europe. The name is spelt “zevra” in Father Lobo’s account, in some versions “zeura.”