Bovidae in Chinese mythology from Kashmir to Iran, including much desert country characteristic of the historic Western Regions. The European mouflon ("Ovis musimon") is thought to be the ancestor of the modern domestic sheep ("Ovis aries"), and was historically herded by the Xiong Nu, and other population groups located in or near China. The domestic goat ("Capra aegagrus hircus") is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. Another species historically found wild in parts of China include the serow and the goral. This group includes various miscellaneous species, including gazelles. Species which have historically ranged in
A Million Wild Acres A Million Wild Acres A Million Wild Acres: 200 years of man and an Australian forest is a non-fiction book written by Eric Charles Rolls (1923–2007). It was first published in Melbourne by Nelson in 1981. "A Million Wild Acres" is not just a regional history of what is now known as the Pilliga Scrub, but also a history of European settlement in Australia. The book won The Age Book of the Year (1981), C.J. Dennis Prize and Talking Book of the Year. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/eric-rolls-and-the-pilliga/10594212 Watermark Literary Society https://web.archive.org/web/20110219162616/http://www.watermarkliterarysociety.asn.au/ Wyndham, Susan. Author Rolls dies aged 84 Sydney Morning Herald 02/11/2007 Hanley,