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MAMMALIA. 
Oois musmon. — The Musmon. 
Plate XXXIII. fig. 4. 
Fleece brown, or liver-coloured gray ; with some white upon 
the face, legs, and beliy; horns curved back; forming little 
more than half a circle ; a tuft of hair under the throat. Size 
of a common ram, but longer in the legs. Inhabits the moun¬ 
tains of Corsica and Sardinia. 
Genus 9.—Dalmalis. — Smith. 
Generic Character. —Incisors no canines, grinders ■ 
total 32. Horns common to both sexes, or found in the males 
only, nearly straight, with a long spiral ridge ; without lachrymal 
sinuses ; head heavy; neck short; spinous process of the first 
vertebrae of the back mostly elevated, and croup generally de¬ 
pressed ; body bulky; dew-laps on the breast; tail long, tufted. 
These Major Smith divides into the following Sub-Genera: 
— 1. Acronotus. 2. Boselaphus. 3. Strepsiceros. 4. Por tax. 
Two and three we do not think sufficiently distinct for Sub- 
Genera. 
Dalmalis oreas. — The Impoofo. 
Plate XXXI. fig. 5. 
Fur grayish-fawn colour: horns black, thick, diverging; with 
a strong ridge; having a small mane on the neck; dewlap with 
long hairs. Eight feet long. Inhabits Southern Africa. This 
is an example of Sub-Genus 2. 
Sub. Genus 4. — Portax. —Horns in the males only, placed 
on the sides of the frontal crest; short, robust, sub-angular, 
without annulations ; a complete muzzle; deep suborbital si¬ 
nus ; elevated shoulders; croup depressed; body bulky and 
short ; neck with a mane; throat with a tuft of hair; small 
dewlap. 
