HIMALAYAN GORAL 



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Head of Himalayan Goral. From a Nepalese specimen in the British Museum. 



HIMALAYAN GORAL (Urotragus goral). 



Goral of the W. Himalaya. Py, Pyar, Rat, Rom of Kashmir. 



Sdliare, Sarr of the Sutlej valley. 



The gorals are near relatives of the serows, from which they may be 

 distinguished by their generally smaller size, shorter horns, and absence 

 of face-glands, as well as by certain differences in the conformation of the 

 skull. The horns curve regularly backwards, are conical in form, and 

 marked by small irregular ridges for the greater part of their length. 

 The hair is somewhat rough and shaggy, and the tail considerably 

 longer than in the chamois. In general colour the Himalayan goral 

 is brown, tending more or less to rufous or grayish, with the face paler 

 and rufescent, a black line from the nape down the back to the tail 

 (which is also black), and a dark stripe down the front of each leg. 

 Height at shoulder from 26 to 28 inches ; weight from 58 to 63 Ibs. 



By English sportsmen the goral is commonly termed the 

 Himalayan chamois, its habits being very similar to those of the 

 true chamois. 



Distribution. The Himalaya, from Bhutan and Sikhim to Kashmir, 

 at elevations from 3000 to 6000 feet. 



