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MARKHOR (" snake-eater ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 735 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARKHOR (" snake-eater ")  , the
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Pushtu name of a large Himalayan
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wild
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goat (Capra falconeri), characterized by its spirally
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twisted horns, and
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long shaggy
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winter coat . From the Pir-Panjal range of
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Kashmir the
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markhor extends westwards into Baltistan,
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Astor,
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Hunza,
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Afghanistan and the trans-
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Indus ranges of the
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Punjab . The twist of the horns varies to a
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great extent locally, the
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spiral being most open and corkscrew-like in the typical Astor
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animal, and closest and most
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screw-like in the
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race (C. falconeri jerdoni) inhabiting the
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Suleiman and adjacent ranges .

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