Post by another specialist on Feb 19, 2006 12:36:52 GMT
2. Equus hemionus hemionus Pallas 1775: (=E. h.
luteus) Gobi kulan or dzigettai
1775 Equus hemionus Pallas. Tarei Nor, Transbaikalia
1911 Equus (Asinus) hemionus luteus Matschie. Surin
Gol, Ganssu
1911 Equus (Asinus) hemionus bedfordi Matschie.
Supposedly from Kobdo (now Jirglanata),
Mongolia
Description: The size is as in castaneus. The colour
pattern is very graded, with hardly any real demarcation
between the sandy tone of the flanks and the yellowwhite
of the underside; only the lower 20% or less of the
flank is whitish. No white border exists to the dorsal
stripe at any age. The white wedge between the haunchand
flank- blocs is vague and strongly infused with
body tone. The legs are very strongly infused with body
tone. The white zone on the muzzle occupies less than
30% of the snout-to-ear distance. On the head, the
demarcation between the reddish tone of the face and
the white of the interramal region follows the curve of
the jaw angle. The skull resembles E. h. castaneus in size,
nasal form, and in the position of the highest point, but
the orbit sits low on the profile because of the greater
convexity of the interorbital space.
Localities: Transbaikalia; Surin Gol, between Chami
(=Hami) and Su-tschou; Tsagan Nor, north of Bago
Bogdo, eastward limit of Altay; Gobi Altay; Artsa
Bogdo; Ikhe Bogdo; Loh; Tacin Gol. Denzau and
Denzau have published some excellent, close-up photos
of living examples taken at Chonin Us, Dzungarian
Gobi, Mongolia.
The type specimen of bedfordi Matschie was figured
by Lydekker (1905); it was a living animal shipped
from Kobdo to the Duke of Bedford’s collection; it was
later donated to London Zoo, where it died in 1918.
The skin and skull are now BM 1939.2472.
www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/equid/docs/part3chapter8.pdf
luteus) Gobi kulan or dzigettai
1775 Equus hemionus Pallas. Tarei Nor, Transbaikalia
1911 Equus (Asinus) hemionus luteus Matschie. Surin
Gol, Ganssu
1911 Equus (Asinus) hemionus bedfordi Matschie.
Supposedly from Kobdo (now Jirglanata),
Mongolia
Description: The size is as in castaneus. The colour
pattern is very graded, with hardly any real demarcation
between the sandy tone of the flanks and the yellowwhite
of the underside; only the lower 20% or less of the
flank is whitish. No white border exists to the dorsal
stripe at any age. The white wedge between the haunchand
flank- blocs is vague and strongly infused with
body tone. The legs are very strongly infused with body
tone. The white zone on the muzzle occupies less than
30% of the snout-to-ear distance. On the head, the
demarcation between the reddish tone of the face and
the white of the interramal region follows the curve of
the jaw angle. The skull resembles E. h. castaneus in size,
nasal form, and in the position of the highest point, but
the orbit sits low on the profile because of the greater
convexity of the interorbital space.
Localities: Transbaikalia; Surin Gol, between Chami
(=Hami) and Su-tschou; Tsagan Nor, north of Bago
Bogdo, eastward limit of Altay; Gobi Altay; Artsa
Bogdo; Ikhe Bogdo; Loh; Tacin Gol. Denzau and
Denzau have published some excellent, close-up photos
of living examples taken at Chonin Us, Dzungarian
Gobi, Mongolia.
The type specimen of bedfordi Matschie was figured
by Lydekker (1905); it was a living animal shipped
from Kobdo to the Duke of Bedford’s collection; it was
later donated to London Zoo, where it died in 1918.
The skin and skull are now BM 1939.2472.
www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/equid/docs/part3chapter8.pdf
