This smooth native of open fields and semideserts is ruddy brown and white in variety, with a short, dull, earthy-colored mane, white underparts, two white groups on the throat, and an enormous roundabout white fix of long hair on the rear end.
They are light-footed, purposeful climbers, adjusted to the unreliable balance of snow-covered and frigid precipices, where hunters are hesitant to follow. On these bluffs, they promptly turn on their followers, including people.