326 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



TIBETAN TAKIN (Budorcas taxicolor tibetanus). 



f^on?curve. t^^. ^ip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 



-igg \\\ 13I Tibet. . Pere A. David, Paris Museum. 



KANSU TAKIN (Budorcas taxicolor sinensis). 



2oi II J II f Kansu, China . . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



KOOKY MOUNTAIN GOAT (Haploceros montanus). 



This is one of the very few mammals that are permanently white 

 or whitish at all seasons ; and although commonly termed a goat, it 

 really belongs to the same group as the serows, which it closely 

 resembles in the form and colour of the horns. In winter the hair is 

 very long and pure white in colour ; along the back it is erect, and 

 much elongated on the withers and haunches, so as to give to the 

 animal the appearance of possessing a pair of humps. The summer 

 coat is comparatively short, and has a yellowish tinge. Height at 

 shoulder just short of 3 feet ; weight from 180 to 300 lbs. 

 Distribution. — North America ; throughout the Rocky Mountains, 



from about lat. 36° in California at least as far north as lat. 



60°. By American naturalists the proper generic name of the 



animal is considered to be Oreamnos instead of Haploceros. 



