CYPRIAN MUFLON 393 



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Head of Male Cyprian Muflon. (From Biddulph, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1884.) 



CYPRIAN MUFLON (Ovis orientalis ophion). 



A small local race of the preceding distinguished by certain differ- 

 ences in coloration, and the complete rounding-off of the front outer angle 

 of the horns of the male. This is the smallest of the wild sheep, stand- 

 ing only about 28 inches at the shoulder. ~ The horns closely resemble 

 those of the Armenian race in general characters, but are less massive, 

 and curve gradually from the base, instead of diverging nearly straight 

 outwards, as is generally the case in the latter. Weight about 70 Ibs. 

 Distribution. The Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. 



Length on Circum- . . 



front curve. ference. Tip to T lp . Owner. 



27 74 8| Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



25 8 15! H. Williamson. 



23^ 8-15 12-20 Col. J. Biddulph. 



23 7 5f British Museum. 



22g 7i 6 British Museum (Gen. Sir R. 



Biddulph). 

 -22^ ... 5J Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



22j 8 12^ Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



-17^ 8 i^ Dublin Museum. 



16 7^ 16^ Cambridge Museum. 



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