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68. C. CAPREOLA, L. Kadjur. The Roe Deer. D. 



Nose bare; tail almost obsolete. The horns rise 

 perpendicularly from the head, very rough and furrowed, 

 with two antlers. Colour in summer, yellow-brown; 

 in winter, grey-brown, with white round the tail. 

 Length about 4 ft. ; height 2^- ft. 



Is still to be met with in Scania, Halland, and Blekinge, 

 but in no other Swedish province. 



Fam. 2. Horns permanent for Life. 

 1 . Caprina. Horns angular, hollow, and rough. 



Gen. Caprctj L. 

 No lachrymal sinus. A beard on the chin. 



69. CAPRA HIECUS, L. Get. The Goat. D. F. 



Beard long ; body covered with long coarse hair. 

 Colour, white, black, brown, grey, or spotted. 

 Is to be met with tame in many parts, but no where 

 wild. 



Gen. Ovis, L. 

 No beard. Body covered with fine wool. 



70. Ovis ARIES, L. Far. The Sheep. D. F. 



Is met with tame as far up at least as Quickiock, Lap- 

 land. 



2. Bovina. Horns round, smooth. 



Gen. Bos, L. 



Head oblong, with broad bare nose; horns round, pointed; 

 the bottom furnished with rings, each one of which determines 

 a year in the animal's growth. Tail long. 



71. Bos TAURUS, L. Taina Ox. The Ox. D. F. 



Colour, size, length of horns, etc., much alike in 

 different races. 



The breeds indigenous to Sweden are small. 

 Met with throughout all Scandinavia, far up into Lap- 

 land. Of the wild oxen which inhabited Scandinavia in the 



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