. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . Mas. p. 150 (1852),Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 52 (1872) ; Blasius, ^w^f///. Dciitschiani/s,p. 481(1851) ; Radde, Reise Ost-Si/)crien, vol. i. p. 243, pi. x. (1862) ; SevertzojfF,Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii. p. 333 (1878) ; Blanford, Scie? Second Tar/cam/ Expcd.—Manim. p. 86 (1879) ; Fauna Brit. Ind.—Mamm. p. 503 (1891) ; Scully, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1881, p. 208 ; P. L. Zoo/. Soc. 1886, p. 316 ; Prezewalski, Cat. Zoo/. Co//, p. 15 (1887) ;W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 143 (1891) ; T
. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . Mas. p. 150 (1852),Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 52 (1872) ; Blasius, ^w^f///. Dciitschiani/s,p. 481(1851) ; Radde, Reise Ost-Si/)crien, vol. i. p. 243, pi. x. (1862) ; SevertzojfF,Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii. p. 333 (1878) ; Blanford, Scie? Second Tar/cam/ Expcd.—Manim. p. 86 (1879) ; Fauna Brit. Ind.—Mamm. p. 503 (1891) ; Scully, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1881, p. 208 ; P. L. Zoo/. Soc. 1886, p. 316 ; Prezewalski, Cat. Zoo/. Co//, p. 15 (1887) ;W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 143 (1891) ; True, Proc,U. S. Mus. vol. xvii. p. 6 (1894); Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 224(1896). 276 Goats /E^oceros ibex, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 224 (iSii), inpart. Capra pa/Iasi, Schinz, Nciie Deiikschr. schxceiz. Gcs. vol. ii. p. 9[i^^i^)^ ntc Mgoceros pallasi^KomWxQV, 1841, vide Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, P- 553- I/hx sibirka, Hodgson, Joiirn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvi. p. 700 (1847).Ibex sibiriciis, Nehring, Tiindren uiid Steppeii, p. iii (1890).. Fig. 52.—Oblique view of Head of male Himalayan Ibex. (From Darrahs Sport in the Higklmids of Kashmir.) Plate XXIV. Characters.— Height at shoulder reaching to from 40 to 42 and general appearance very similar to the Arabian ibex, the beardof the males, which is confined to the chin, being long and pointed, theears relatively large, and the horns scimitar-shaped and very long. Thefront surface of the latter very broad, with no bevelling of the outer edge,and bearing very prominent and thick transverse knots, of which the outer Asiatic Ibex 277 side is almost as much developed as the inner ; the section completelytriangular, with the hinder angle compressed. Horns of female muchsmaller, placed wider apart on the head, coarsely rugose, or ringed, with anoval section at the base, but compressed above, and inclining slightly back-wards. Hair coarse and brittle, forming a rather elongated ridge along theback in t
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