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Genus CEMAS, Ogilby (1836). 



Syn. Kemas, Ogilby ; Nemorhcedus, auct., nee H. Smith ; Urotragus, 

 Gray. 



No suborbital glands nor lachrymal fossae. Interdigital glands 

 present. No inguinal glands. A naked muffle. Mammae 4. 



The parietal and facial regions of the skull meet at an obtuse 

 angle. Orbits somewhat more prominent than in Nemorhcedus. 

 Nasals very short, pointed or convex behind, separated by a fissure 

 from the maxillaries. Horns short, of nearly equal size in the 

 two sexes, conical, curved backwards, ringed closely except at 

 the tip, the rings rather irregular and wavy, slightly broken up 

 by longitudinal striae. 



This genus has generally been united to NemorJicedus, but I 

 think Ogilby, Hodgson, and Gray were right in separating it, the 

 shape of the skull being very different. The species are Palaearctic, 

 and range from the Himalayas to North China. Only one is 

 found within Indian limits ; the others are C. cinerea and C. grisea 

 from E. Tibet, and C. caudata from Northern China. 



354. Cemas goral. The Goral. 



Antilope goral, Hardwicke, Tr. L. S. xiv, p. 618, pi. xiv (1825). 

 Antilope ^Nemorhedus) goral, Hodgson. P. Z. S. 1834, p. 85 : id. 



J. A. S. B. iv, p. 488. 

 Kemas ghoral, OyMy, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 138 ; Hodgson, J. A. S. B. 



xvi, p. 697. 



Nemorhedus goral, Horsfield, Cat. p. 168; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 523 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 175 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 285 ; Blanford, 



J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 40; Butler, J.A. S.B. xliv, pt. 1, p. 332 ; 



Lydekker, J. A. S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, p. 286; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 148. 



Goral, N.W. Himalaya ; Pij, Pijur, Rai, Rom, Kashmir ; Sdh, Sdr, 



Sutlej Valley ; Suh-giny, Lepcha ; Ra-giyu, Sikhim Bhotia ; Deo Chdgal, 



Assam. 



Form goat-like. Limbs stout. Horns subparallel, scarcely 

 diverging. Hair rather coarse, with a little woolly underfur ; a 

 very small crest of longer hair on the back of the neck and around 

 the horns. 



Colour brown, more or less rufous or greyish, but little paler 

 below. Face paler and rufesceut, darker near the horns. A 

 black line down the back from the nape to the tail, which is also 

 black, a dark line down the front of each leg, remainder of carpus 

 and tarsus rufous brown. Throat white. Horns black. 



Dimensions. Height at shoulder 27 inches, length exclusive of 

 tail 50 (Hodgson) ; tail 4 according to Jerdon. Extreme length 

 of skull 8-25, breadth across orbits 3-85. Horns of males 6 to 8 

 inches long, of females less ; maximum length and girth recorded in 

 males 975 and 4, in females 775 and 2'5. 



