The Himalayan Gorals 



and rougher. Both the grey skins seem to be adult, 

 and are apparently those of males. It Is difficult 

 to believe that the differences between this form 

 and the typical goral can be explained by season, sex, 

 or age. 



If this be so, it must be assumed either that the 

 Himalayan goral exhibits dimorphism, or that there 

 are two local races or species, which must be presumed 

 to inhabit separate areas or different zones of altitude. 

 In the Zoologist for 1905 the present writer adopted 

 the latter view ; and named the grey Himalayan goral 

 Urotragus bedfordi^ taking the mounted specimen in 

 the British Museum as the type. 



These two forms of goral may be briefly diagnosed 

 as follows : — 



1. Urotragus goral. — Colour rufous brown, with a 

 white patch on the throat and chin, a black dorsal 

 stripe and tail, and a black stripe down the front of 

 each leg. Horns comparatively straight, and not 

 heavily ringed. Eastern Himalaya. 



2. Urotragus bedfordi. — Colour yellowish grey-fawn 

 suffused with blackish, the light throat-patch pure 

 white and extending on to the cheeks, no distinct 

 dorsal stripe, a dark streak on muzzle ; base of tail 

 and knees blackish, the rest of the legs being fawn. 

 Horns more curved and more heavily ringed than in 

 the last. Western (and in part } Eastern) Himalaya. 



To determine the respective habitats of the two 

 Himalayan gorals must in part be left to others. 

 Judging from its dark colour, it may be suggested 

 that the brown species {U. goral) is a native of the 

 damp forests of the Terai, and the grey U. bedfordi 

 an inhabitant of drier and colder forests. 



Himalayan goral stand from 26 to 28 inches in 

 height at the shoulder, and weigh from about 58 to 

 63 lbs. 



The maximum recorded length of goral horns is 

 8J, inches, one pair of these dimensions, from Bissahir, 



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