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The bharal or Himalayan blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan. Its native names include bharal, bharar and bharut in Hindi, Na or Sna in Ladakh, Nervati in Nepali and Nao or Gnao in Bhutan. The bharal has horns that grow upwards, curve out and then towards the back, somewhat like an upside down mustache. The bharal was the focus of George Schaller's and Peter Matthiessen's expedition to Nepal in 1973. Their personal experiences are well documented by Matthiessen in his book, The Snow Leopard. The bharal is a major food of the snow leopard.
Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist and travel writer A co-founder of the literary magazine <i>The Paris Review</i>, he was a three-time National Book Award winner. He was also a prominent environmental activist. His nonfiction featured nature and travel, most notably <i>The Snow Leopard</i> (1978).<br/><br/> In 2008, at age 81, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction for <i>Shadow Country</i>, a one-volume, 890-page revision of his three novels set in frontier Florida that had been published in the 1990s.<br/><br/> Matthiessen travelled extensively in and wrote about Asia, as well as the Americas, Antartica and Oceania.