524 BOTID^. 



found aloue also, but on being followed always rejoin the herd." 

 A buck may frequently be seen chasing one particular doe. I can- 

 not find the period of gestation recorded. 



The flesh of the Indian antelope is excellent. 



Genus PANTHOLOPS, Hodgson (1834). 



Tail short. No suborbital glands. Large interdigital glands in 

 all feet. Inguinal glands very large. No muffle. The muzzle 

 peculiarly swollen in the male ; nostrils large and furnished inside 

 with extensive sacs. Mammae 2. 



Skull with very prominent orbits directed foi'wards ; premaxillse 

 long, narial opening large ; the frontal region gently rouuded off 

 into the parietal ; occiput nearly at right angles to parietal region. 

 No horns in females. Horns of male long, erect, arising near 

 together, very slightly curved, sublyrate, greatly compressed later- 

 ally, ringed subdistantly in front but not behind. 



Only one species exists, and this is peculiar to the Tibetan plateau, 

 where remains of an allied form have been found fossil. 



358. Pantholops hodgsoni. The Tibetan Antelope. 



Antilope hodgsouii, Abel, Phil. Mag. Ixviii, p. 2-34 (1826) ; id. Edinb. 



Jonr. Sci. vii, 1827, p. 164 ; Hodfjson, Gleanings So. ii, p. 348, 



pis. iii, iv ; id. P. Z. H. 1831, p. 52 ; id. J. A. S. B. i, p. 59, pi. iv; 



iii, p. 134. 

 Antilope (Oryx) kemas, H, Smith, Griffiths An. King, v, p. 196 



(1827). 

 Antilope chiru, Lesson., Mem. Mam. p. 371 (1827). 

 Pantholops hodgsonii, Hodi/son, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 80 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 621 ; Blanford] Yark. Miss., Mam. p. 89, pi. xvi ; W. 



Sclater, Cat. p. 163. 

 Kemas hodgsonii, Grng, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 157 ; Horsfield, 



Cat. p. 166 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 173 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2 



p. 39. 



Tsus S } Chits 2 } Chiru, Chihu, Tibetan. 



Fur very thick and close, erect, very woolly near the skin. 

 Hoofs pointed. 



Colour very pale fawn (light rufous brown) above, the hair 

 pinkish (or, according to Hodgson, slaty grey) towards the base, 

 \Ahite below. The whole face and a band down the front of 

 each leg dark brown or black in males ; females have no black 

 marks. 



Dimensions. A male was 32 inches high at the shoulder, 50 in 

 length from nose to rump, tail with hair 9, ear 51, girth of body 39 

 {Hodyson). The cox'responding dimensions in a female were 27*5, 

 50 (over curves), 7, 5-8, and 35 (StoliczJca). A male skull is 9*8 

 in basal length, and 4-6 in orbital breadth. Horns are 24 to 26 

 inches long, exhibiting very little variation, and 5*5 to 6 in girth 

 at the base, maximum recorded dimensions being 27*o and 6*5. 



