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pressed, usually angulated, rugose, and curving backwards, or spiral ; 

 the bony cores of the horns thick, porous, and cellular. No canines. 

 Muffle generally absent. Feet-pits in all feet, or in the fore-feet only, 

 or none. Eye-pits rare. Groin-pits not usual. Teats generally two, 

 rarely four. 



The horns are seated on the crest of the forehead, and are closely 

 approximate, covering the top of the head. The occipital plane of the 

 skull forms a more or less acute angle with the frontal plane. Eyes 

 usually pale. 



This sub-family may be divided into the Capricoms, the Goats, and the 

 Sheep. 



1st. Capricorns, or Antelope Goat, or Mountain Antelope. 



Horns somewhat rounded, conical, curving backwards, of small size, 

 found in both sexes. Compared with antelope, these animals have a 

 heavy body, stronger limbs, large hoofs, and false hoofs. Dr. Sclater, 

 who places them among the Antelopes, says, " The mountain antelopes 

 which form the transition between the Antilopince and the goats and 

 sheep, are a group distributed over the northern regions of the two 

 hemispheres, of which the well-known Chamois is a somewhat aberrant 

 European representative." Blyth and Hodgson class them among the 

 goats, as I have done. 



Gen Nemorhcedus, H. Smith. 



Syn. Capricornis and Kemas, Ogilby. 



Char. — Horns in both sexes, round, black, and ringed ; a small 

 muffle ; eye-pits wanting or small ; large feet-pits in all feet ; no inguinal 

 pits nor calcic tufts ; tail short, hairy ; four mammae. 



This genus was founded by H. Smith upon A . sumatrensis, and therefore 

 must be retained for this group, even if we separate ihe'Goral, as is done 

 by Blyth and others, who apply Ogilby's generic name, Capricornis, to 

 the Serow, retaining Nemorhcedus for the Goral. 



230. Nemorhcedus bubalina. 



^w^i^qpe apud Hodgson. — Blyth, Cat. 536. — A. T^Aar, Hodgson, olim ; 

 also Nemorhoedus proclivus, Hodgson. — Thar, in Nepal. — Sarao, Serou 

 or Sarraowa, in the hills generally. — Eimu, on the Sutlej. — Edmu, in 

 Kashmir. 



