879 



OVIS. SHEEP. 



Generic Character. 



Cornun concava, retrorsum 

 versa, intorta, rugosa. 



Dentet Primores inferioros 



octo. 

 Lantarii nulli. 



Horns hollow, wrinkled, turn- 

 ing backwards, and spi- 

 rally intortcd. 



Front -teeth eight in the lower 

 jaw. 



Canine-teeth none. 



ARGAI r. 



Ovis Ammon. O. cornibus arcuatis temicircularUw* tubtus pla- 

 *hucvKt,palearibiis la.ris pi/wo. Jj/ . x //. Giucl. p. 200. 



Shevp with arcuated semicircular horns, liat beneath, and IOOM 

 hairy dewlaps. 



Capra Amniou. C. comibut arcuatis tfrnidrcttlanlnu itibtu* pla- 

 niiuculit, paJcartbus I uis jiil^is, gula imbcrbi. U*. Sy*( 



'>/ 



II. p. .351. pi. 19. 

 i'nintiiit l^uinlr. t. ft. 4^. 



fcra Sibirica, vulgu Argali dicta. 1\. */. if. p. 



3-t. 1,2. 



7\S tilt- C';ipra JEgagrus, or Caucas x, is 



suj)j)OM-(l to IK- the- oriirinal ot'thr lon. ' loat, 



so t; Ainnion, Argali, or .Musiiiion, i.s be- 



il to be the chief priouml stock from which 



