XI THE WILD GOAT 
and the male is odorous. The true Goats are almost exclusively 
Palaearctic in range. They show the limited distribution of the 
Sheep, a distribution which follows from their mountain-loving 
habits. 
Thus we have the Spanish Ibex (C. pyrenaica), limited to 
the Pyrenees and other mountain ranges of the peninsula; 
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Fie. 175.—Sinaitie Ibex. Capra sinaitica. x jy. 
C. ibex, the Steinbok of the Alps and the Tyrol; the Markhoor, 
C. falconeri, of certain mountain ranges of Afghanistan; the 
Caucasian, Sinaitic, and Cretan Ibexes, and the Thar. 
Capra aegagrus, the Persian Wild Goat, ranges from the 
Caucasus to Sind. It is this animal which produces the true 
“bezoar stone.” The substance in question is a secretion appar- 
ently found in the stomach. It is still, according to Mr. Blan- 
ford, regarded as an antidote to poison in Persia. Buffon called 
this Goat the “Pasan,” which is evidently a corruption of the 
word bezoar. When the substance was in repute as a medicine 
of the “alexipharmic” kind, the supply naturally came up to 
the demand. Thus the bezoar stones of the Lama in South 
America gained repute, and there were “Oriental bezoar, cow 
