252 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



medicarum Novse Hispanise Thesaurus," &c. p. 

 324. cap. 15. under the name of Mazame seu 

 Ceruis. 



Genus. 



Capra^ Linn. Pallas, Erxleb. Cuv. Geoff*. 

 Goat. 



CHABACTERS. 



S Incisor 0. 

 . „^j.^.*„. *~. J Canine 0. 



Dental foi-mula.-Teeth 32.^ ( So/s.' 



l^inferior 20. < Canine 0, 

 C Molar 12. 



Incisors of nearly equal dimensions, regularly 

 arranged and touching at their borders. 



Horns directed upwards and outwards, com- 

 pressed and wrinkled transversely; facial line 

 straight or even, or somewhat concave ; no muz- 

 zle ; interval of the nostrils naked ; no lachrymal 

 depressions or suborbitar grooves ; ears pointed, 

 straight, and moveable ; tongue smooth ; body 

 rather slender; legs rather robust; tail short; no 

 inguinal pores ; no tufts on the wrists ; two mam- 

 ma?. 



Coat composed of two sorts of hair ; the inte- 

 rior very fine and soft,* more or less abundant ; 

 the exterior long, or very long and smooth ; chin 

 most frequently furnished with a beard; some- 



* It is lhi!=: which in some of the Asiatic race?, furnishes the 

 cashmere 



