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By the early 20th century, zebra skins were being used to make rugs and chairs. In the 21st century, zebras may be taken by trophy hunters as zebra skin rugs sell for $1,000 to $2,000. Trophy hunting was rare among African peoples though the San were known to hunt zebra for meat. [112] Endangered Grévy's zebras in Samburu National Reserve
An engraving of the zebra given to Jules Grévy and kept at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes in 1882. The Grévy's zebra was known to the Europeans in antiquity and was used by the Romans in circuses. [7] It was subsequently forgotten in the Western world for a thousand years. [7]
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. Hachette Book. ISBN 978-0316417198. Irigoin, Alejandra. "The end of a silver era: the consequences of the breakdown of the Spanish Peso standard in China and the United States, 1780s–1850s." Journal of World History (2009): 207–243. online. Jevons, W. S. Money and the Mechanism of Exchange.
The zebras were being transported from Washington to Montana when the driver took the Interstate 90 exit for North Bend, located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, to secure the ...
The plains zebra and mountain zebra were traditionally placed in the subgenus Hippotigris, in contrast to Grévy's zebra, which was considered the sole species of the subgenus Dolichohippus; [6] however, recent (2013) phylogenetic evidence finds that plains zebras are more closely related to Grévy's zebras than mountain zebras. [7]
A zebra that escaped from a trailer east of Seattle last weekend remained on the lam Friday, as authorities closed off trailheads at a nature area in hopes of keeping people away and easing her ...
There were three general types of money in the colonies of British America: the specie (coins), printed paper money and trade-based commodity money. [2] Commodity money was used when cash (coins and paper money) were scarce. Commodities such as tobacco, beaver skins, and wampum, served as money at various times in many locations. [3]
Little is known about the quagga's behaviour, but it may have gathered into herds of 30–50. Quaggas were said to be wild and lively, yet were also considered more docile than the related Burchell's zebra. They were once found in great numbers in the Karoo of Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State in South Africa.