ovis. 



141 



Ovis tragelaphus. 



Ovis tragelaphus, Desmarest Mamm., p. 486 (1822); Blyih P. Z.S., 1840, 

 p. 75; Lataste Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxxix, p. 288. 



Ovis ornata, Is. Geoff. St. Mil. Descript. Egypt Hist. Nat., ii, p. 742, Atlas, i, 

 pi. vii, fig. 2 (1813). 



Ammotragus tragelephus, Gray Cat. Mamm. B. M., iii, p. 179 (1852). 



The Aoudad or Barbary Wild Sheep. 



Distribution.— TYit mountains of North Africa from Barbary to 

 Tunis. 



Skin and^ 

 skeleton. 



W. Rutledge, 1881. 



