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Ixxiv MAMMALOGY OF THE HIMALAYAS. 
different species, from the Junglee Bhinse of Bengal and Assam, so well known for the great length of 
itshorns; the Arnee of the Saul forest is the short thick horned variety, of which there are many skulls, 
preserved in our Museums, and is said to be a much lighter made animal, though with a thicker skin 
than the Junglee Bhinse. The Zebu (Bos indicus) is common in every part of the Hills; but the pecu- 
liar and appropriate species of the Himalayas is the Changree, or Yak (Bos pephagus, Pallas), which 
composes the domestic cattle of Tartary, and is not uncommon on the southern slopes of the higher 
Mountains, where a cross between it and the Zebu, or common Indian Ox, is much used in agriculture, 
and preferred to either of the pure races. This hybrid is not uncommon at Simla, and it is to be hoped 
that some intelligent observer will take advantage of this circumstance to ascertain from actual experi- 
ments whether the sexes be productive inter se, or when united with one of the pure races; or whether, 
like the common mule, they be absolutely barren. Lieut. Smith informs me that he has seen the Yak wild 
on the confines of Chinese Tartary. 
