bharal Himalayan blue sheep Pseudois nayaur Artiodactyla Bovidae Caprinae
Richard Lydekker 1849 1915 English naturalist, geologist writer book London Geological Survey India vertebrate paleontology northern India Kashmir fossil mammals reptiles bird Natural History Museum Manual Palaeontology Henry Alleyne Nicholson Wild Animals of Burma Malay Tibetr biogeography biogeographical boundary Indonesia Lydekker's Line Wallacea Australia-New Guinea Royal Natural History London Frederick Warne & co 1893-94 six volume bharal or Himalayan blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, Kashmir, Pakistan, Bhutan and the Republic of India. Chinese Blue Sheep, Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis Himilayan Blue Sheep, Pseudois nayaur nayaur Helen Shan Slue Sheep, Pseudois nayaur The bharal has horns that grow upwards, curve out and then towards the back, somewhat like an upside down mustache. The bharal was also the focus of George Schaller's and Peter Matthiessen's expedition to Nepal in 1973. Their personal experiences are well documented by Matthiessen in his book, The Snow Leopard. The bharal is a major food source of the snow leopard. The Dwarf Blue Sheep (P. schaeferi) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the bharal
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