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BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, AND INSECTS
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(c) Antelopes:
1. Chiru or Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni). Ladákh.
(d) Oxen—Yák (Bos grunniens). Ladákh. The domesticated yák is invaluable as a beast of burden in the Trans-Himalayan tract The royal fly whisk or chaurí is made from pure white yák tails .

Fig. 25. Yáks.

(e) Stag:
1. Bárasingha (Cervus Duvanceli). Foot of Himálaya in Kashmír.
(f) Bears:
1. Red or Brown (Ursus Arctos), 10,000-13,000 ft. Kashmír, Chamba, Bashahr, etc.