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Revision 8 . . (edit) December 16, 2001 10:32 am by Bignose [more typos]
Revision 7 . . (edit) December 16, 2001 10:31 am by Bignose
Revision 6 . . (edit) December 16, 2001 10:31 am by Bignose [speeling]
Revision 5 . . December 16, 2001 10:30 am by Bignose [copyedit]
Revision 4 . . December 9, 2001 11:33 am by Alan D [linked medical term to occams razor]
Revision 3 . . December 9, 2001 6:17 am by Hagedis
Revision 2 . . (edit) November 14, 2001 11:09 pm by TwoOneTwo
  

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A zebra is a horse-like animal with black and white stripes of the Equidae family. It lives in Africa.
Zebra is the name given to two species of horse, Equus zebra the mountain zebra, and Equus Burchellii the plains zebra. They are native to central and southern Africa.

The body of the mountain zebra is white with sharply contrasting black bands, and it has a tuft of black hair at the tip of its tail. The plains zebra is yellowish-white with irregular brackish bands, and has a long flowing white tail.

The mountain and plains species are also referred to as Asinus zebra and Asinus Burchellii respectively. The plains zebra is sometimes called a dauw.

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Zebra is a medical term for an obscure and unlikely diagnosis from ordinary symptoms. A common 'failing' in new doctors, who are advised - "When you here hoof-beats think horses not zebras". also known as Occams razor.
Zebra is a medical term for an obscure and unlikely diagnosis from ordinary symptoms. It refers to a quote by (anyone know?): "When you hear hoof-beats, think horses, not zebras". This principle is also expressed as Occams razor.

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