326 Mammals of Eastern Asia 
There is a black dorsal stripe, absent in the race B. t. bedfordi 
of Shensi. The head and ears are black typically; only the ears, 
the back of the head, and a ring around each eye is black in 
B. t. tibetanus. In the Shensi form the whole face is orange- 
yellow. The length of the head and body is about 4 feet, of the 
tail 4 inches. The height at the shoulders is 27 inches. 
The Takins, of which there are three races, are found in the 
Mishmi Hills (typically) and the Himalayas, in Szechwan, and 
in Shensi. In each of the three areas a distinct race is recog- 
nized. 
THE SHEEP AND GOATS (SUBFAMILY CAPRINE ) 
The horns of these goat-like or sheep-like mammals, usually 
present in both sexes, are sometimes very large in males, rarely 
absent in females. The tail is usually short ; it never has a con- 
trasting tuft of hairs at the end, as in cattle. There are 2 in- 
guinal nipples (4 in the Tahr of the Himalayas). The group, 
though widespread in Eurasia, is restricted to the northern part 
of Africa and the western part of North America. 
Of the five genera recognized in this subfamily, one {Amnio- 
tragus) is African. The other four comprise Ovis, the Sheep; 
Pseadois, the Bharal or Blue Sheep of Nepal, Shensi, Kansu, 
Szechwan, and Tibet; Capra, the Goats; and Hemitragus, the 
Tahrs. The Bharal and the Tahr, natives of Nepal and the Hima- 
layan uplands, and the Goats, will not be treated. The Sheep 
are technically separated from Goats by possessing face and foot 
glands. Male goats have pronounced beards and a distinctive 
goaty smell. 
The Sheep, genus Ovis (Latin: "a sheep"), are agile, light- 
footed, stockily built animals. The horns grow in a very wide 
short spiral. Sheep have extraordinarily keen senses of smell, 
sight, and hearing. Their preferred habitat is open, rocky, 
mountainous country where sufficient alpine grasses grow. 
