Show STRANGE ANIMAL OF FAR EAST cross between ox and antelope found in eastern himalayas chicago the strange animal de lu in the illustration Is scientific I 1 t 11 e V lil the taken ally known its as the and common ly la Is called the bull antelope of the eastern himalayas lie ile Is a link be tween the ox and the antelope and according to prof ray lankester there Is robbing deceptive or mislead ing about the animal except its tiame name and this after all Is only the name given to it without intention to offend by the natives of the hills on the northern noi thein frontier of 0 assam whence the first specimen waa nas ob talked by brian 10 40 ears cars ago from native hunters it occurs also a the mountainous regions of western china where a pale colored variety of the species was mas discovered by pere david and in thabet rho fhe la Is not rare in the high mountainous regions legions it occurs Col collettis lettin at tain seasons in herds it is said to seek prot fiction in ili the high forests and to feed on grassy downs dous front from which the snow la Is melted by the intel sun un it has rarely larely until today been shot hot ty sportsmen in n account of the p political oli as well veil Is physical difficulties piment ed to exploration in the country which it inhabits the recent british tion in resulted in some tur fur ther expeditions across the frontier and a few of the taken have thus conie coine to hand the scientific interest attaching to the ta taken irl n depends on the fact that it famishes tine one of the numerous links between the antelopes antelop and the more familiar horned i which we e know as cattle ox buffalo bison maent sheep and doets the akin has hag in the adult broad tu mid babes to the horns which nearly meet in the middle line and ft vurva lure aie which Is not unlike that presented by the however foam fon mor norl hein thein eav icorn ui abe y mu musk muk k ox of tile the arctic circle which in the general character of the horns horna and limbs with large lateral hoofs boors pie marled marked resemblance to the it is probable pro bible that the taken is an air offshoot of the antelope stock block which ultimately produced pi deduced educed the musk ox x just juat as the chamois the and the gorat goral are aio probably ably remnants rem nanta of another antelope line of ancestry chih gave ose ilse to the gots goats and sheep |