Antilope hodgsoni, Abel, Calc. Gov. Gazette, cf. Phil. Mag. lxviii. p. 234 (1826); Edin. Journ. Sc. vii. p. 164 (1827); ‘Editor,’ Glean, in Sc. i. p. 144 (1829); J. B. Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 462 (1829); Hodgs. Gleanings in Sci. ii. p. 348, pls. iii., v. (1830); id. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 52, 1832, p. 14, 1833, p. 110; Laurill. Dict. Univ. d’H. N. i. p. 617 (1839); Gerv. Dict. Sci. Nat. i. p. 264 (1840); Wagn. Schr. Säug. Supp. iv. p. 420 (1844), v. p. 402 (1855); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 415 (1845); Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 270 (1847); id. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. p. 266; Reprint, p. 86 (1848); Gieb. Säug. p. 314 (1853); Hooker, Himalayan Journal, ii. pp. 132 & 158 (1854); Przewalski, Mongolia (Russian ed.), ii. pl. iii. ♂, pl. iv. fig. 2 ♀; Morgan’s Transl. ii. pp. 204 & 223 (1876).
Pantholops hodgsoni, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1834, p. 80; id. J. A. S. B. xi. p. 282 (1842); id. Calc. Journ. iv. p. 291 (1844); Gray, Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 53, pl. vi. figs. 3, 4 (skull) (1852); Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 521; Gerr. Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 232 (1862); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. 1, p. 162 (1869); Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 33 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 102 (1873); Blanf. Yark. Miss., Mamm. p. 89, pl. xvi. (1879); Sterndale, Mamm. Ind. p. 469 (1884); Kinloch, Large Game Shooting, p. 106, plate of head (1885); Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 134 (1889); id. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (op. cit. xi.) p. 166 (1892); W. Scl. Cat. Mamm. Calc. Mus. ii. p. 163 (1891); Blanf. Mamm. Brit. Ind. p. 524 (1891); Flow. & Lyd. Mamm. p. 341 (1891); Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 102 (1892), (2) p. 146 (1896); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 157 (1892); Percy, Badm. Big Game Shooting, ii. p. 335 (1894).
Kemas hodgsoni, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 157 (1843); id. Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 231 (1846); id. Cat. Mamm. Nepal (Hodgson Coll.) (1) p. 26 (1846), (2) p. 13 (1863); id. List Ost. B. M. p. 55 (1874); id. Knowsl. Men. p. 3 (1850); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 112; Horsf. Cat. Mamm. Mus. E.I. Co. p. 166 (1851); Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 189 (1853); Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli. pt. 2, p. 39 (1872).
Antilope kemas, H. Sm. Griff. An. K. iv. p. 196, v. p. 328 (1827); Less. Compl. Buff. x. p. 285 (1836).
“The Chíru,” Quart. Orient. Mag. ii. p. 160 (1824), undè
Antilope chiru, Less. Man. Mamm. p. 371 (1827) (ex Quart. Orient. Mag. 1824, p. 260); Oken, Allg. Naturg. vii. p. 1369 (1838); Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 179 (1842).
Vernacular Names:—Chíru of Southern Tibetans and of sportsmen generally; Tsus ♂, Chus ♀, Chiru and Chuhu (Blanford); Orongo of Northern Tibetans (Przewalski).
Height at withers about 31 or 32 inches. Hair very close, thick, and crisp. Colour pale fawn, with a peculiar fulvous or pinkish suffusion, especially on the flanks. Belly whitish, not sharply separated from the colour of the sides. Face of male black, crown and neck whitish. Sides of muzzle in male markedly swollen. Ears short, but pointed, whitish. Limbs pale greyish white, a black line running down their anterior faces in the male; female without blacker markings. Tail short, coloured like the rump.
Skull dimensions of a male:—Basal length 10·2 inches, greatest breadth 5, muzzle to orbit 6·4.
Horns long, very graceful, nearly straight, only slightly curved backwards below and forwards above, remarkably uniform in length and curvature, generally from 23 to 26 inches in length, the largest recorded being just under 28 inches.