The Egri-dagh possesses a sharply defined crest, ranges at a general elevation of 8000 ft., is bare of timber, scantily supplied with water, and rugged and deeply fissured.
Skin thick and but scantily covered with hair.
Far poorer are the slopes of Parnon, consisting for the most part of barren limestone uplands scantily watered.
Tail longer than the body and head, scantily clothed with short hairs, prehensile.
Conifers are scantily represented by Callitris and Podocarpus, which is common to all three sub-regions; and Cycads by the endemic Encephalartos and Stangeria.