| Show rare sheep specimens for the smithsonian eight specimens of 0 the blue sheep one of the rarest of the larger mammals in zoological collections have been obtained for the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution ution at washington in the high mountains of szechwan Sze chwan province of western china by rev D C graham a collaborator of the institution it was announced a short time ago notes a writer in the new york herald TrI tribune bUDe this creature otherwise known as the bharat and to zoologists as dols dois Is a crag dwelling animal found at elevations up to feet in altitude or more it Is little known to the outside world it has a distinctive place among mammals because of various anatomical characters which place it on the dividing line between sheep and goats it Is neither one nor the other but Is some somewhat Abat closer to the former it Is blue gray in color with white markings on the back and a white stomach the rams have olive brown horns that curve backward bark ward the collection sent to washington contained other rare specimens among them a giant panda nother another a creature seldom represented in zoological collections there were also such rare creatures as the or black goat the goral or chinese chanes mountain goat the tufted deer the raccoon dog the hog badger theroun the mountain red wolf and a species of musk deer with saber like teeth the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution revealed there Is no reason to believe that all of these animals are especially scarce but they are found in ID a region that Is seldom visited by american or european collectors because of the difficulty of access |
