GAZBLLA. 525 



Distribution. Probably throughout the Tibetan plateau, from 

 12,000 to 18,000 feet elevation. Found in Northern Ladak, north 

 of Kumaun, north of Sikhim, and also in Northern Tibet. 



Habits. The Tibetan antelope is shy and wary. It is sometimes 

 seen solitary or in small parties of three or four, sometimes in large 

 herds, which are said at times to consist of hundreds. The sexes 

 live apart in summer, and Kinloch, who has given a good account 

 of this animal's habits, says he never saw a doe in Changchenmo, 

 where bucks are not rare. This antelope keeps to the plains and 

 open valleys, feeding morning and evening on the patches of grass, 

 especially those on the banks of streams, and lying down during 

 the day on the flats, in which, Kinloch says, it excavates hollows 

 deep enough to conceal its body. 



According to Hodgson, the Tibetan antelopes rut in winter ; the 

 females gestate for 6 months and produce a single young in summer. 



Genus GAZELLA, Blainville (1816). 



Syn. frocapra, Hodgs. (1846) : Tragops, Hodgs. (1847) ; Tragomma, 

 Hodgs. (1848). 



Size small or moderate. Frame slender. Eyes large. Tail 

 short. Suborbital glands small, sometimes wanting. Interdigital 

 glands in all feet. Inguinal glands generally present. No muffle. 



Fig. 171. Skull and horns of Gazella bennetti. 

 Mammae 2. Hoofs pointed. Generally a tuft of longer hair on 



each knee. 



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