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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



are uniformly grayish brown, except for a dark stripe along the back. Owing to 

 the variation of the horns in the different races, it is somewhat difficult to give a 

 description which will hold good for them all. They are, however, much com- 

 pressed, placed close together at the base, and spirally twisted, with a keel both in 

 front and behind. The front keel which tends to become rounded in old animals, 

 at first turns outward in each horn; and the sharp back keel twists forward to 



THE MARKHOOR, CABUI, VARIETY. 

 (One-twelfth natural size.) 



form the prominent front ridge of the first turn of the spiral. The length varies 

 greatly m the different races. The females have small horns with a slight twist 



rhe markhoor first met with in the Pir-Panjal range, forming the 

 outer boundary of the valley of Kashmir, but does not extend to the 



I 6 V t all T H ^ Ch r b ^^ T ^ n rth ^ -thwest oTth vat 

 ir it extends mto the districts of Baltistan, Astor, and Gilgit; and it is 



Distribution 



