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‖ kiang|kjæŋ|
Also kyang.
[Tibetan kyang, rkyang.]
A species or sub-species of equine quadruped (Equus kiang), a wild horse or ass, inhabiting the high table-lands of Tibet.
Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind., Mammals 476, treats it as a variety of the koulan.
1869A. A. A. Kinloch Large Game Shooting I. iv. 13 Kyang are found all over the elevated plateaux and valleys of Thibet. 1882Ogilvie (Annandale), Kiang. 1885Stand. Nat. Hist. V. 251 Three forms [of the wild horse], which are known as the kulan, the djiggetai, and the kiang. Ibid., The Kiang is only found in the mountainous regions of Thibet. 1894C. Phillipps-Wolley Big Game Shooting (Badm. Libr.) II. 361 The kyang..is an ugly donkeyfied fiddle⁓headed brute, with straight shoulders. 1906[see desert-frequenting adj.]. 1934Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Sept. p. iv/3 The father is a very old Kiang, a true wild donkey from Tibet. 1960‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xii. 118 The risk of being reincarnated as a female kyang, the wild asses who roamed the tangs and high plateaux. 1970Guardian 26 Mar. 3/1 Tibet's wild donkeys..known as kiangs. 1973Times 20 Feb. (India Suppl.) p. xi/3 The plateau of Ladakh in the high Himalayas harbours forms related to those in Tibet such as the wild yak, the kiang, and the chiru. |