gna' ba

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burrhel, wild sheep [RY]

antelope [IW]

antelope, wild sheep, ovis nahur [RY]

baral [RY]

blue sheep, bharal, large wild sheep, ovis nahur, former, ancient, ovis nahura, type of wild sheep [JV]

(med) Bharal, Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur) (Drungtso 1999)
gna' ba ni / rir gnas pa'i lug rigs kha sha tsam che mdog shwa lta bu / pho'i rwa lug thug 'dra la / mo'i rwa shin tu che zhing 'khyil ba'o // bdud rtsi me long las / rwa tsha bzo ba la / gna' ru srab mo'i nang du bzhugs / zhes pas che bar gsal / rgyud las / gna' ba'i spu yis dug nad sel // zhes dang bai sngon du gna' ba'i rwas nya rus zug pa sel la byang khog gi chu ser skem par bshad // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 258)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_035) gna' ba (30_092) gna' ba'i spu (33_067) gna' ba'i rus / rwa / khrag / mjug to. Jam-dpal (pdf p 258) gna' ba

They are very tolerant to environmental extremes from desert mountains in searing heat to windy and cold slopes. They are usually found near cliffs and similar escape cover, but avoid entering forested areas. The mixture of sheeplike and goatlike traits have created confusion about the evolutionary relationships of this species. They are probably goats with sheeplike traits (lacking beards and calluses on the knees, have no strong body odor and the females have small, almost nonfunctional horns, all characters typical of sheep) (animaldiversity.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 09:17, 19 February 2024 (EST)