140 MAMMALIA. 



^.Stuffed ^ No history. 



/. Skin and juv. No history. 



skull. 



Ovis nahoor. 



?Ovis nayaur, Hodgson As. Res., xviii, p. 135, -with plate (1833) [ P*- ] 



Ovis nahoor, Hodgson P, Z. S., p. 197 (1S34) ; Bicheno P. Z. S., 1838, p. 79; 

 Blyth P.Z. S., 1840, p. 66; Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, pp. 231, 913; id. ibid., 

 xi, p. 283; P.L. SclaterP.Z. S., i860, p. 129; Blyth Cat., p. 178; Jerdon 

 Mamvi. p. 296; KinlocKLarge Gavie Shooting , i, p. 25; with plate ; Blan- 

 fordj. A. S. B.,-x.\\, "p. t\0; Milne Edwards Reck. Mamm., p. 357, pis. 

 Ixviii, Ixix ; Blanford Yarkand Matnm., p. 85. pi. xiv. 



Ovis burrhel, Blyth P. Z. S., p. 67 (1840) ; id. Ann. Mag. N. H , vii, pl. v, 

 fig. 7. 



Pseudois nahoor, Hodgson J. A. S B., xv, p. 343 (1846) ; Gray Cat. Mamm. 

 B. M., iii, p. 177 ; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 176; Adams P. Z. S., 1858, 

 p. 527 ; Prewalski Peters. Mitth. Ettgb., xii, 1878, p. 17 ; Lydekker J. A. 

 S. B., xlix, p. 131. 



The Burrhal ; Na, Sna or Gnao in Western Thibet ; Nirvati, 

 Nepal ; Wa in Sutlej district. 



Distribution. — Himalayas from the Nubra Valley, Ladak, 

 (Adams) to Sikkim (Hodgson) ; also the Kuenlun (Stoliczka) Altyn 

 Tagh south of Lob Nor (Prewalski) and Moupin, Eastern Tibet 

 (Pdre David); it is generally found high up, seldom descend- 

 ing to the level of the forests. 



This is a very interesting form since it is in many ways a link 

 between the genera Capra and Ovis ; this has been specially 

 noticed by Lydekker (/. c.) 



Among its Caprine characters are the absence of any trace of 

 the antorbital pits, the shape of the basioccipital which resem- 

 bles that of a goat in that the anterior tubercles are the larger than 

 the posterior ones, while in the case of the sheep the reverse is the 

 case, and the horns which have a slight tendency to the upward 

 spiral so characteristic of the Markhor. 



Among the Ovine characters are the absence of any odour, no 

 trace of a mane or beard, and presence of interdigital pores on 

 all the feet, 



Ovis cylindricornis, which was described by Blyth (P. Z. S.,1840, 

 p. 68) many years ago from a single head from the Caucasus, has 

 recently been redescribed at length by Dennik in Proceedings of 

 the Society of Naturalists in St. Petersburg (translated by Delmar 

 Morgan, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) xix, p. 450) as Capra pallassii and 

 by Eug. Buchner (Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of Sciences 

 at St. Petersburg (7), xxxv, no. 8) as Capra cylindricornis of Blyth. 



Judging from the descriptions and figures given by these two 

 Russian Naturalists, the Goat in question seems to be very nearly 

 allied to Ovis nahoor and is probably its representative in the 

 Caucasus. 



