Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson 1833)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 711

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[Ovis] nayaur Hodgson 1833 , Asiat. Res., 18 (2): 135.

Type Locality: "The Himálaya"; restricted to "the Tibetan frontier of Nepal " ( Lydekker, 1913:127).

Vernacular Names: Bharal.

Distribution: Bhutan, N Burma ( Rabinowitz, 1996), China (Gansu, S Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, S Sinkiang, Tibet including Qinghai, and N Yunnan), Himalayas (N India, Nepal, N Pakistan), and SE Tajikistan (Pamir Range).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as P. n. nayaur and P. n. szechuanensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Wang and Hoffmann (1987, Mammalian Species, 278).