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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



4 feet 10 inches to at least 5^- feet; girth behind shoulder 9 feet \\ 

 inches ; length from between horns to base of tail, 8 feet \ inch ; 

 tail 3 feet 2^- inches ; from between horns to nose, i foot 3^ inches 

 (Major H. M. Biddulph). Weight about 1140 Ibs. Wild yak are 

 uniformly blackish brown in colour, any trace of white indicating 

 domestication, and probably cross-breeding. 



Distribution. The plateau of Tibet, part of the Kansu province of 

 China and Northern Ladak, at elevations between about 14,000 

 and 20,000 feet. The peculiar grunting cry from which the animal 

 takes its name is developed only in the domesticated breed. 



- Owner's measurements. 



