UNGULATA : GOATS AND SHEEP. 



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Europe, belong to Southern Asia and to Africa, but mainly 

 to Africa. 



Our so-called Mountain Goat (Fig. 107),' is an antelope. 

 It inhabits the Rocky Mountain regions, has jet black 

 horns, and is covered with long white hair. 



The Goats (Copra), and Sheep (Ovis), differ from all 

 other hollow-horned ungulates in having the horns an- 

 gular. The former have their horns extending upward 

 and backward ; the Sheep have the horns directed back- 

 ward, and then inclined spirally forward. Our only 



FIG. 111. 



Mountain Sheep, or Big-horn, Ouis monlana, Cuvier. 



wild species, the Mountain Sheep of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, is larger than any of our domestic varieties, and is 

 remarkable for its very large horns. 



