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CAPRA. GOAT. 



Generic Character. 



Cornua concava, sursum ver- 

 sa, erecta, compressa, sea- 

 bra. 



Denies Primores inferiores 



octo. 



Lamarii nulli. 

 Mentum barbatum. 



Horns hollow, turning up- 

 wards and backwards, com- 

 pressed, rough, almost close 

 at their base. 



Front-teeth in the lower jaw 

 eight. 



Caninc-teethy or Tusks, none. 



Chin bearded in the male. 



IBEX. 



Copra Ibex. C. cornibvs supra nodosis in dorsum redinatis, gula 



batbata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 95. 

 Grey-brown Ibex, whitish beneath, with large knotted horns 



bending over the back, and bearded throat. 

 Ibex. Plin. Hist. Nat. VIII. c. 53. Gesn. Quadr. p. 331. and 



1099. Aldr. bisulc. p. 730. f. p. 732. Jonst. Qnadr. t. 75. 



t. 25. 28. Raj. Quadr. p. 77. 

 Steinbock. Gesn. Thierb. p. 148. 



Ibex. Steinbock. Museum Lever ianum. No. 3. p. 105. 107. t. 2. 

 Le Boquetin. Buff. 12. p. I36.pl. 13. 

 Ibex Goat. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 55. 



HIS, which is the common Ibex or Steinbock 

 of authors, appears to have been sometimes con- 

 founded with the Caucasan Ibex, or next species, 

 to which it is much allied. It is allowed both by 



