Fig. 24. Big game in Ladákh.
Key: 1, 3, 7, 9, Chiru or Tibetan Antelope. 2, Argalí or Ovis Ammon. 4, 6, 8, Bharal or Ovis nahura. 5, Yak or Bos grunniens. 10, 11, 12, Uriál or Ovis Vignei. 13, Bear skin.
Game of the Mountains.—If sport in the plains has ceased to be first rate, it is otherwise in the hills. Some areas and the heights at which the game is to be found are noted below:
| (a) | Goats and goat-antelopes: | |
| 1. | Ibex (Capra Sibirica) 10,000-14,000 ft. Kashmír, Lahul, Bashahr. | |
| 2. | Márkhor (Capra Falconeri). Kashmír, Astor, Gilgit, Sulimán hills. | |
| 3. | Thár (Hemitragus jemlaicus), 9000-14,000ft. Kashmír, Chamba. | |
| 4. | Gural (Cemas goral), 3000-8000 ft. Kashmír, Chamba, Simla hills, Bashahr. | |
| 5. | Serow (Nemorhaedus bubalinus), 6000-12,000ft. From Kashmír eastwards. | |
| (b) | Sheep: | |
| 1. | Bharal (Ovis nahura), 10,000-12,000 ft. and over. Ladákh, Bashahr. | |
| 2. | Argalí (Ovis Ammon). Ladákh. | |
| 3. | Uriál (Ovis Vignei) Salt Range, Sulimán hills. | |
| (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. |
| (e) | Stag: | |
| 1. | Bárasingha (Cervus Duvanceli). Foot of Himálaya in Kashmír. | |
| (f) | Bears: | |
| 1. | Red or Brown (Ursus Arctos), 10,000-13,000ft. Kashmír, Chamba, Bashahr, etc. | |
| 2. | Black (Ursus torquatus), 6000-12,000 ft. Same regions, but at lower elevations. The small bear of the southern Sulimán hills known as mam is now considered a variety of the black bear. | |
| (g) | Leopards: | |
| 1. | Snow Leopard (Felis Uncia), 9000-15,000 ft. Kashmír, Chamba, Bashahr. | |
| 2. | Ordinary Leopard (Felis Pardus). Lower hills. |
Fig. 25. Yáks.