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No. 442. Ovis VIGNEI. 
Vignes Wild Sheep. 
NativE NaMes.— Sha or Shafpoo. 
Hasirat.—Little Thibet ; Ladakh, from 12,000 to 14,000 feet. 
DeEscrietion.—General colour brownish-grey, beneath paler; belly © 
white ; a short beard of stiffish brown hair; the horns of the male are 
sub-triangular, rather compressed laterally and rounded posteriorly, 
deeply sulcated, curving outward and backward from the skull; points 
divergent. The female is beardless, with small horns. The male horns 
run from 25 to 35 inches, but larger have been recorded. 
This sheep was for some time, and is still by some, confounded with 
the oorial (Ovds cycloceros), but there are distinct differences, as will be 
seen further on, when I sum up the evidence. It inhabits the elevated 
ranges of Ladakh, and is found in Baltistan, where it is called the oori. 
No. 448. OVIS CYCLOCEROS. 
The Punjab Wild Sheep (fF erdon's No. 236). 
NaTIVE NaMEs.—Oorial or Ooria, in the Punjab; Koch or Kuch, in 
the Suleiman range. 
Hapitat.—The Salt range of the Punjab ; on the Suleiman range ; 
the Hazarah hills ; and the vicinity of Peshawar. 
DEscRIPpTION.—General colour rufous brown; face livid, side of 
mouth and chin white ; a long thick black beard mixed with white hairs 
from throat to breast, reaching to the knees ; legs below knees and feet 
white ; belly white, a blotch on the flanks ; outside of legs and a lateral 
line blackish. The horns of the male are sub-triangular, much com- 
pressed laterally and posteriorly ; in fact one may say concave at the 
sides, that is, from the base of the horn to about one half; transversely 
sulcated ; curving outwards, and returning inward towards the face ; 
points convergent. The female is more uniform pale brown, with 
whitish belly ; no beard, and short straight horns. 
SizE.—About 5 feet in length, and 3 feet high; horns from 25 to 30 
inches round the curve.* The marked distinctions between the two 
species may be thus briefly summed up :— 
Ovis Vignei. | Ovis cycloceros. 
Horn rather compressed laterally. | Much compressed laterally. 
Rounded posteriorly. _ Much compressed posteriorly. 
-Curving outward and backward. | Curving outward and inward. 
Points divergent. Points convergent. 
General colour, brownish-grey. _ General colour, rufous brown, with blotch 
on flanks and lateral line blackish. 
Beard short, of stiffish brown hairs. Beard profuse, reaching to knees, black 
intermixed with white hairs. 
» * See also Appendix C, p. 520. 
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