. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. CAPEINiE 97 Ovis amraon jubata, Lydelxher, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 180, 1898, Great and Small Game of India, etc. p. 12G, 1901, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 271, 1912; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 402, 1910. (?) Ovis argali dauricus, Severtzoiv, Trans. Soc. Nat. Mosco7v,\o\.\iu, art. 2, p. 87, pi. iv, 1873. (?) Ovis darivini, Przeivalski, Reisen in Tibet, 268, 1879-80. Typical locality the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. An imperfectly known race in some respects
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. CAPEINiE 97 Ovis amraon jubata, Lydelxher, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 180, 1898, Great and Small Game of India, etc. p. 12G, 1901, The Sheep and Its Cousins, p. 271, 1912; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 402, 1910. (?) Ovis argali dauricus, Severtzoiv, Trans. Soc. Nat. Mosco7v,\o\.\iu, art. 2, p. 87, pi. iv, 1873. (?) Ovis darivini, Przeivalski, Reisen in Tibet, 268, 1879-80. Typical locality the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. An imperfectly known race in some respects intermediate between aininon and hodgsoni, the horns, although less "nipped in" by the sides of the face, having their front. Fig. 29.—Skull akd Horns of Mongolian Argali [Ovis amnion mongolica). From a specimen collected by Col. Abbot Anderson. angles rounded off, as in the former, wdiile the throat carries a heavy ruft' like that of the latter. In the few horns of which measurements have been recorded the lenj^th ranges from 41 to 50J inches, and the girth from IGJ to 18 inches. No specimen in collection. C—Ovis ammon hodgrsoni. Ovis nayaur, Hodgson, Asiat. Research, vol. xviii, pt. 2, p. 135, 1833, in part. Ovis hodgsoni, Bhjth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 65; Sclatcr, ibid. 1860, p. 129 ; Severtzoiv, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, art. 2, pp. 151 and 154, 1873 ; Broohe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 520 ; Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 427, 1884 ; Pousargucs, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 1898, p. 148 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Lid. Mus. II. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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