. The horse and its relatives . Fig. 2. t -;?.?> Fig. I. The Kiang in summer 2. Kobdo Onager. KIANG AND ONAGER GROUP 179 The kiang (pi. xv. fig. i), which has a shoulder-height of about 13 hands, has been regarded as alocal race of the chigetai, but it differs from thatanimal by the redder colour of the upper-parts, andthe sharply-defined demarcation between this redarea and the white of the muzzle, under-parts,buttocks, and limbs, thus giving a kind of skewbaldappearance, which is most marked when the animalis in its short summer coat; the long and shaggywinter dress tending to o
. The horse and its relatives . Fig. 2. t -;?.?> Fig. I. The Kiang in summer 2. Kobdo Onager. KIANG AND ONAGER GROUP 179 The kiang (pi. xv. fig. i), which has a shoulder-height of about 13 hands, has been regarded as alocal race of the chigetai, but it differs from thatanimal by the redder colour of the upper-parts, andthe sharply-defined demarcation between this redarea and the white of the muzzle, under-parts,buttocks, and limbs, thus giving a kind of skewbaldappearance, which is most marked when the animalis in its short summer coat; the long and shaggywinter dress tending to obscure the differencebetween the dark and the light areas. The earsare characterised by the presence of a dark patchat the base, and another at the tip. The kiang was first brought to scientific noticeby Moorcroft, one of the early explorers of Kashmirand Ladak, whose travels, which contain an excellentaccount of the habits of the animal, were publishedin London in 1841. In Ladak the kiang is to bemet with a few marches to the eastwa
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