CABUL AND SULEMAN MARKHOR 



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Head of Suleman Markhor. From Mr. Grant's Waziristan specimen. 



C. and D. CABUL and SULEMAN MARKHOR 

 (Oapra falconer! megaceros and C. falconer! jerdoni). 



In the Cabul race of the markhor (C. falconeri megaceros), typically 

 from the trans- Indus districts near Cabul, the horns are nearly straight, 

 but show a slightly open spiral ; being, in fact, intermediate between 

 those of the Pir Panjal and Suleman races. Markhor from the Chitral 

 valley generally have horns of the Cabul type, but in some cases these 

 conform to the Pir Panjal type ; both types occurring in the members 

 of one and the same flock. In the Suleman markhor {C. falconeri jerdoni) 

 the horns form a perfectly straight cone, upon which the spiral ridges run 



