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" The general colour is pale sandy fawn, with the tips of the 

 ears, mane, and dorsal stripe (which is continued down the 

 tail), brown, and there seems to be but little difference in this 

 respect between the summer and winter coats. The dorsal 

 stripe is narrow as in the kiang, and is thus distinct from that 

 of the ghor-kar and onager, which is broader and bordered with 

 white." Mr Lydekker regards this animal " as the true Equus 

 hemionus of Pallas, which came from Mongolia, and is known 



FIG. 21. The Kiang 1 . 



to the natives as chigetai (dzeggetai). It is certainly entitled 

 to be regarded as subspecifically distinct from the kiang of 

 Tibet and Ladak, and the latter should be known as Equm 

 hemionus kiang (Moorcroft)." 



(5) The Kiang (E. hemionus kiang) lives in the upper 

 Indus valley, Tibet, and Mongolia, seldom at a lower altitude 

 than 10,000 feet. It (Figs. 20, 21) differs from the onager 



1 This illustration is from a photograph (copyright) of a kiang formerly in the 

 Zoological Garden, Eegent's Park, by Mr L. Medland, F.Z.S., well known for 

 his photographs of living animals. 



