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GORAL , the native name of a small Himalayan rough-haired and cylindrical-horned ruminant classed in the same See also:

GROUP

group as the See also:

CHAMOIS

chamois. Scientifically this See also:

animal is known as Urodragus (or Cemas) goral; and the native name is now employed as the designation of all the other members of the same genus. In addition to certain peculiarities in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

SKULL

skull, gorals are chiefly distinguished from serows (q.v.) by not possessing a gland below the See also:

eye, nor a corresponding depression in the skull. Several See also:

SPECIES

species are known, ranging from the See also:

HIMALAYA

Himalaya to See also:

BURMA

Burma, See also:

TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet and See also:

North See also:

CHINA

China. Of these, the two Himalayan gorals (U. goral and U. bedfordi) are usually found in small parties, but less commonly in pairs. They generally frequent grassy hills, or rocky ground clothed with See also:

FOREST

forest; in See also:

FINE

fine See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather feeding only in the mornings and evenings, but when the See also:

SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky is cloudy grazing throughout the See also:

day.

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