TIBETAN ARGALI 



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Head of Male Tibetan Argali. 



TIBETAN ARGALI (Ovis ammon hodgsoni). 



Chiefly distinguished from the Siberian argali by the develop- 

 ment of a distinct white ruff on the throat of the males, at least in the 

 winter coat, and also by the less degree of lateral expansion of the 

 horns, which do not form more than a single complete circle, and are 

 generally broken at the tips. The wrinkles on the horns are perhaps 

 somewhat less prominent, and the outer front angle is frequently well 

 developed. 



The height at the shoulder is perhaps rather less than in the 

 typical argali, of which this sheep is best regarded as a local race. A 

 specimen measured by Lieut.-Col. Greenaway was 76 inches from the 

 nose to the tip of the tail, and the weight about 2 1 2 Ibs. In another 

 male, whose age was estimated at 10 years, the height at the shoulder 

 was 43 inches, the girth 50 inches, and the weight 205 Ibs. (P. H. G. 

 Powell-Cotton). 



