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- (c) Antelopes:
- 1. Chiru or Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni). Ladákh.
- (d) Oxen—Yák (Bos grunniens). Ladákh. The domesticated yák is invaluable as a beast of burden in the Trans-Himalayan tract The royal fly whisk or chaurí is made from pure white yák tails .
Fig. 25. Yáks.
- (e) Stag:
- 1. Bárasingha (Cervus Duvanceli). Foot of Himálaya in Kashmír.
- (f) Bears:
- 1. Red or Brown (Ursus Arctos), 10,000-13,000 ft. Kashmír, Chamba, Bashahr, etc.