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BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, AND INSECTS

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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.

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