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bharal|ˈbʌrəl|
Also b(h)arhal, burhel, burrell, burrhal, burrhel.
[Hindi bharal.]
The wild or blue sheep of the Himalayas and Tibet, Pseudois nayaur.
1838Proc. Zool. Soc. 79 A skin of the Burrhal Sheep from the Himalaya Mountains. 1840Ibid. 68 The Burrhel would seem to inhabit a much loftier region of the Himalaya than the Nahoor. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 742/2 The barhal, or blue wild sheep. 1886Ibid. XXI. 785/1 A species..with smaller and more spreading horns, the burrhel, O[vis] nahoor. 1887Field 19 Feb. 243/2, I had a shot at a small burrell and missed. 1924H. Whistler In High Himalayas xiii. 165 We found the tracks of burhel on some bare soil. 1937H. W. Tilman Ascent of Nanda Devi xi. 129 A herd of bharal, or wild sheep, was seen traversing..the..cliffs. 1965S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals 252 In structure and habits the Bharal holds a place intermediate between sheep and goats. |