A naturalist in Western China : with vasculum, camera, and gun, being some account of eleven year's travel, exploration, and observation in the more remote parts of the flowery kingdom; . ?i-v. SPORT IN WESTERN CHINA 159 taxicolor, var. tihetanus, by the late Prof. A. Milne-Edwards{Recherches pour servir a IHistoire naturelle des Mammiferes,1874, p. 367, plates Ixxiv. and Ixxix.). Since then two othernames have been applied to this same animal. In the Pro-ceedings of the Zoological Society (pp. 795-802, with plate),published April 1909, Mr, R. Lydekker considers it aspecies distinct from the M
A naturalist in Western China : with vasculum, camera, and gun, being some account of eleven year's travel, exploration, and observation in the more remote parts of the flowery kingdom; . ?i-v. SPORT IN WESTERN CHINA 159 taxicolor, var. tihetanus, by the late Prof. A. Milne-Edwards{Recherches pour servir a IHistoire naturelle des Mammiferes,1874, p. 367, plates Ixxiv. and Ixxix.). Since then two othernames have been applied to this same animal. In the Pro-ceedings of the Zoological Society (pp. 795-802, with plate),published April 1909, Mr, R. Lydekker considers it aspecies distinct from the Mishmi Takin, and named it This seems the most expedient thing to do, but it isunfortunate that the laws of priority necessitate the keepingup of the name tibetanus, which is a misnomer, in preferenceto the name sinensis, which is both accurate and descriptivefrom a geographical standpoint. The natives everjrwhere inWestern China designate this animal Yeh Niu ; this maybetranslated Wild Cattle, though Wild Cow or WildOx is an equally correct rendering. Old, solitary bullsare occasionally spoken of as Ta Yeh Niu, Large (Great)Wild Ox. Baber {Royal Geographical Society, Supple
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