Of the sheep described by Severtzoff, 0 . heinsi and O. nigrimontana were
named on the evidence of skulls alone. The former was obtained much
more west than Mr. Littledale’s sheep, coming from Tokmak, situated in
the Southern Semirechinsk, between the Alexandrovski Mountains and the
Alatau, and therefore within the distributional area of 0 . pgli, of which, at
most, it probably forms a race. O. nigrimontana, on the other hand, is from
a point much south of the habitat of the present form, coming from the
Karatau, or Black Mountains, lying to the south-west o f Kulja,1 and east
of the Alatau. Living specimens seen at a distance by its describer are
stated to have shown a white caudal disk and under-parts ; and the small
length of the horns^in the type specimen (38 inchesj||is suggestive of
affinity with the ammon type.
7. M a r co P olo’s Sh e e p—Ovis poli
Ovis poli, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18405,-p. 62, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser. 1, vol. vii. p. 195, pi. v. ( 18 4 1 ) ; Severtzoff, Trans. Sof. Moscou,-
vol. viii. art. 2, pp. 150 and 154, pis, ii. and iii. (1873) ; Stoliczka,- ProM*
Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 425, pi. liii. ; Brooke, ibid. 1875, p. 5 14 ; Biddulph,
ibid. p. 157 , Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 1879, p. 28>o; Scully, Proc, Zool. I i ®
1881, p. 209 ; Blanford, ibid. 1884, p. 326, Fauna Brit. India&Mamm.
p. 496 (1891) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 133 (18 9 1);
De Poncins, Journ. Bombay Nat, Hist. Soc. vol. x. p. 53 (1895) ; Ward,
Records o f Big Game, p. 240 (1896).
(?) Ovis arkar, P. L. Sclater, Proc.' Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 89.
Plate X V I.
Characters^-Height at shoulder probably only slightly less than in
1 All these places are shown in Map 77 of the Times Atlas.
Wil d Ox e n , S h e e p ,<3<lGo a t s .Pl a t e XVI.
MARCO POLO’S SHEEP, PAMIR RACE.
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