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EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



Burrard (1925?, p. 175) describes its distribution as follows: 



The valley of the Astor River is its stronghold, but heads of this type are 

 also found farther north in Baltistan, as well as nearer its home in two or 



FIG. 57. Markhor (Capra jalconeri subsp.). After Cassell. 



three valleys to the south of Astor, all of which join the Indus on its left 

 bank. It has been stated that the variety is never, or at any rate rarely, 

 found on the right bank of the Indus, but this is not correct, as it occurs in 

 almost all the nullahs running into the Indus on its right bank from Rondu 

 in Baltistan down to Chilas. It is true, however, that heads of this type are in 

 the minority in these nullahs. It is also sometimes found in the Gilgit Agency. 



