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THE WILD YAK.
flanks. The muzzle is partly grey, and the younger males have marks of the same colour on the upper part of the body, whilst a narrow silvery grey stripe runs down the centre of the back. The hair of young yaks is much softer than that of the older ones; they are also distinguishable by their smaller size,[1] and by handsomer horns with the points turned up, whereas those of the older males are turned more inwards, and are always covered near the root with dun-coloured wrinkled skin.
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The Wild Yak (Poëphagus grunniens. Pall.).
The females are much smaller than the males,[2] and not nearly so striking in appearance; their horns