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Identifier: recordsofbiggame00wardro (find matches)
Title: Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Ward, Rowland
Subjects: Game Game and game-birds Hunting trophies
Publisher: London (England) : Rowland Ward, limited
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Height at shoulder about 2 feet 4inches. Distribution.—The high ranges of Central Asia, including Gilgit, Hunza,Turkestan, Trans-Baikalia, Ladak, Tibet, Amurland and WesternChina, extending in the north-west to the Altai, and in the west,it is said, to Persia. In Prince Demidofifs H?mti?ig Trips in theCaucasus a snow-leopard is figured as coming from that range, butthe animal found there is F. pardus pantJiera. The snow-leopardgenerally dwells at elevations of over 8000 feet, but descends inGilgit during winter to 6000 feet. Length dressed. V height. Locality. Owner. ft.8 ins. 8 Central Asia A. Ezra. 8 8 Baltistan . C. M. Ilawes. 8 6 •i Capt. B. C. Graham. 8 6 Sk ull, 7;x5l Baltistan K. Rankin. 8 (1 7 raw)10 Do.Near Leii . E. Langworth)-.Lieut.-Col. S. Frewen. -7 8 China M. Mitchell. -7 5^ Iamir \iscount Edniond de Ioncins. -7 5 5 .Major F. J. Harden. -7 4 Sk ull, 7-tV X 45 Kashmir . Major H. C. Tytler. -7 4 (24 inches at shoulder) The late R. A. Sterntlale. - Owners mea.^urementa
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Skin of Snow-Leopard.504 CLOUDED LEOPARD AND JAGUAR 505 The CLOUDED LEOPARD (Felis nebulosa).Kivei ko-pao, Chinese. The arimau-dahan, as this species is called by the Malays, is thesize of a small leopard, with a very long and thickly furred tail, andlarge upper tusks. The ground-colour of the fur varies from greyishbrown to fulvous, upon which are large dark blotches, frequentlybordered in part with black. In old specimens the blotches oftendisappear, leaving only the black borders.Distribution.—From the Sikhim and Bhutan Himalaya, through Assam, Burma, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula, to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Represented by a smaller variety (F. nebulosa brachyurus) in Formosa. Skins. Length dressed. Weight. I^ocality. Owner. ft. ins. Ihs. t 6 6 Assam . The late B. II. Hodgson. 6 5 Yunnan . M. Mitchell. 6 4 44^ ? The late R. A. Sterndale. 5 9 V Capt. B. R. M. Glossop. 5 7i Assam V. Russel. Owners measurements. Basal length fromhack to front. 6 2 ins. Breadth. 475 Skulls. l,ocah

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  • bookyear:1910
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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Ward__Rowland
  • booksubject:Game
  • booksubject:Game_and_game_birds
  • booksubject:Hunting_trophies
  • bookpublisher:London__England____Rowland_Ward__limited
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian
  • bookleafnumber:523
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