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EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



we heard that the wild horses of 

 . . were sometimes seen by cara- 



said was called Kainar Bulak . . 

 western Mongolia and Dzungaria 

 vans approaching the place." 



The range of the species was extended eastward by Lattimorc 

 (1929, p. 228). In a journey of 1926, he mentions passing the "Yeh- 

 ma Ching" or Wild Horse Well, which is situated in the Khara Gobi 



FIG. 33. Mongolian Wild Horse (Equus przewalskii) . After photograph 



in Brehm. 



west of Edsin Gol, at about latitude 42 N., longitude 98 E. "They 

 say that on this fringe of the Khara Gobi there are wild horses 

 (equ,us prjevalskii] and wild asses." This recalls Ridgeway's state- 

 ment (1905, p. 28) : "Mr. Hagenbeck informs me that wild horses 

 of another variety are said to exist 600 miles south of Kobdo. 

 that is, somewhere in the great Gobi desert." 



Teichman also passed by the Wild Horse Well, in 1935, and makes 

 the following remarks (1937, pp. 74-75) : "The Hardt-Citroen expe- 

 dition followed from Suchou to Mingshui a camel trail which took 

 them through this range. They found a region of rich pastures, 

 abundant water, the haunt of ... the wild horse and wild ass. 

 . . . Wild horses and wild camels are said to exist in this neighbour- 



