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CHIRU. 



Typical locality Hundes district of Tibet. 



Shoulder-height about 31 or 32 inches ; coat very dense, 

 close, and crisp ; general colour pale fawn, with a fulvous or 

 pinkish suffusion, especially on the flanks, gradually passing 

 into whitish on under-parts ; face of male blackish, and crown 

 of head whitish ; ears short and pointed, whitish ; backs of 

 ears white ; limbs pale greyish white, with a blackish stripe 

 down front surface of each pair in male ; tail coloured above 

 like rump. Basal length of skull about 10 inches. Fine 

 horns measure from 24 to 27J inches in length, with a basal 

 girth of from 4| to 6-J, and a tip-to-tip interval ranging from 

 11 to 18 J inches. 



The range probably includes the whole Tibetan plateau, 

 at elevations from about 12,000 to 18,000 feet, and is known 

 to extend from the Changchenmo district of north-eastern 

 Ladak, through the elevated area north of Kumaon and 

 Sikhim, and so on to northern Tibet. 



43. 1. 12. 100. Skin, mounted. Hundes district, Tibet. 

 Presented "by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 1843. 



[45. 1. 8. 136. Single horn; length 27 j inches. Same 

 locality. Same donor, 1845.] 



45. 1. 8. 136. Imperfect skull, with horns. Same 

 locality. Same history. 



614, a. Horns. Tibetan frontier of Nepal. 



Presented by Major Honeywood. 

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