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THE ^EGAGRUS. 



Capra eegagrus. PALLA.S. 

 PLATE V. MALE. VI. FEMALE AND YOUNG. 



Copra aegagrus, Pallas, Ham. Smith, S^c. L'egagre, Fred. 



Cuv. Hist. Nat. des Mammiferes Le Passeng ou Bouc 



Sauvage, Menagerie du Museum. 



THE v^Egagrus appears first to have been noticed 

 by Pallas and Gmelin, by whom descriptions were 

 given, imperfect in the details of its habits. A fi- 

 gure, with descriptions, has been given in later days 

 by the Baron Cuvier, in the Menagerie du Museum, 

 from individuals captured on the European Alps, 

 though Frederick Cuvier, in his Mammiferes, seems 

 to place a doubt on this fact, which it would be im- 

 portant to know, as Pallas surmised, that the species 

 may be found on the European Alps, as well as 

 the Caucasian and Asiatic ranges. 



The male JEgagrus stands higher on its legs than 

 the largest varieties of our goat, and the body is 

 more slender. The limbs are strong and thick, and 

 have not the light appearance of those of the ante- 

 lopes or stags. The neck is short and thick, on 

 account no doubt of the huge horns which it is 



