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times two cuticular appendages, or sorts of glands, 

 hang from beneath the neck. 



Testicles contained in a very voluminous scro- 

 tum. 



Habit. In the savage state the goats seek the 

 most elevated and inaccessible places, and unite 

 in troops more or less extensive, under the pro- 

 tection of an old male ; these animals of all the 

 ruminants display the most vivacity and intelli- 

 gence; their vision is good; they hear at a dis- 

 tance, and their sense of smell is remarkably 

 acute ; they feed on herbs and shrubs ; they bring 

 forth two young at a birth. 



Inhabit the Granitic chains of Europe and 

 Asia, also the Rocky Mountains of North Ame- 

 rica. 



Species. 



1. Capra montana. 



Ovis montana, Ord, Jour. Philad. Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, vol. i. part 1. p. 8. 1816. Rupicapra 

 americana, Blain. Antilope americana, Ejus. Nouv. 

 Bull. Soc. Phil. 1816. p. 80. Mazama sm'cec, Rafin. 

 Amer. Mon. Mag. 1817. p. 44. Antilope lanigera, 

 C. H. Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. p. 38. 1822. Tab. 4. 

 vol. xiii. Rocky Mountain Goat. 



We have here an animal, described for the first 

 time in 1816, which has already been classed un- 

 der four distinct genera, with nearly as many spe- 

 cific appellations. This can only be accounted 

 for from the remoteness of the regions inhabited 



