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LETTURE 



Della posizione dei " fori palatini <. 

 nella partizione del genere ' Cappa „ Linn. 



Nota del Socio Prof. LORENZO CA MERANO. 

 (con una tavola). 



Vari Autori cercarono ripetutamente di dividere il numeroso 

 gruppo degli Stambecchi e delle Capre in due generi, o in due 

 sottogeneri, o in due sezioni del genere Capra Linn. partendo 

 principalmente dalla forma e dall'andamento delle corna. 



Gray nel 1852 (" Catal. Ungul. JBrit. Mus. „. p. 158) ammette 

 i generi Hircus e Ibex. Nel " Catal. Ungul. Brit. Mns. „, p. 52 

 (1872) ammette il genere Afgoreros. A questo proposito osserva 

 R. Lydekker {Wild, Oxen, Sheep and Goats, ecc., London, R. Ward. 

 1S9S, p. 241): " By Dr. Gray the goats here included under the 

 " heading Capra were divided into (1) Aegoceros, (2) Capra. 

 " and (3) Hircus; the first division including the tur, the second 

 " the ibex, and the third the common goat and markhor. This. 

 " however, is obviously incorrect. If such divisions, whether 

 " generic or subgeneric, are adopted at ali, Capra obviously 

 " belongs to the common goat. Li Pallas's description of bis genus 

 " Aegoceros the species first mentioned is Ae. ibex, so that this 

 " generic terni must stand for the ibex group, thus superseding 

 " the later Ibex of Hodgson, and leaving the tur without a se- 

 " parate designation at ali. Bearing in mind, therefore, that, if 

 " subgeneric divisions of Capra are adopted, a new term would 

 " he required for the tur group, and seeing that the various 

 *• groups of goat intergrade to a very great degree, I bave con- 

 ' sidered it advisable to make no such divisions at ali „. 



