NILGHIRI IBEX OR WILD GOAT 231 
NILGHIRI IBEX or WILD GOAT (Hemitragus hylocrius). 
HEIGHT at shoulder: adult males, 39 to 42 inches; do. adult females 
up to 35 inches. 
Distribution—Southern India, Nilghiri and Anaimalai Hills; and the 
Western Ghauts from the Anaimalais to the neighbourhood of Cape 
Comorin, chiefly at elevations of 4000 to 6000 feet, but occasion- 
ally in suitable places at lower levels (W. T. Blanford). 
tee Oe | eee || Tinto Vip: Habitat. Owner. 
16} 8Z 58 ae A. O. Hume, Private Collection. 
-16% Be ae Nilghiri Hills. | St. George Littledale. 
154 82 7E Do. _ | Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
153 8$ 6# Do. . | Martyn Kennard. 
158 84 6 Do. _ | St. George Littledale. 
153 82 4? Do. . | Martyn Kennard. 
153 88 42 Do. _ | St. George Littledale. 
143 8£ 53 Do. . | R. A. Sterndale. 
144 8? 64 Do. . | British Museum. 
144 8§ 5s Do. . | Sir Victor Brooke’s Collection. 
