156 MAMMALIA. RUMINANTIA. 



coarse,, undulating, grayish brown ; a white spot round the eye, 

 formed of long hairs. Inhabits Southern Africa, Desm. 476. 



Sub-Gen. 9. RUPICAPRA, Blainville. Horns simple, vertical, round 

 and striated, strongly bent backwards towards ike point, in both 

 sexes ; no lachrymal sinuses nor inguinal pores ; tail very short ; 

 two mammae. 



A. rupicapra, Pall. (Capra rupicapra, Lin.) The Chamois. 

 Horns seven or eight inches long, perpendicular to the head, 

 hooked at the end ; fur fawn-coloured in summer, and brown in 

 winter j a dark line through each eye ; tail short. Between 

 three and four feet long. Switzerland. Griff, iv. 281. 

 Var. A. The Yzard. Smaller, gray brown, cheeks and buttocks fawn-colour In- 

 habits the Pyrenees. 



Var. B. The Persian Chamois. Horns bent back into a regular hook from their 

 root ; colour rufous yellow. 



Sub-Gen. 10. ANTILOCAPRA, Blainville Horns compressed, be?it 

 into a hook posteriorly towards the point, and furnished with an 

 anterior antler ; general form of the antelope. 



A.furcifer, Desm. Horns one foot long, compressed, flat on the 

 inner side, striated, with a compressed antler to the front forking 

 with the after part, which forms a hook backwards ; colour red- 

 dish brown above, white below ; a red mane on the neck ; tail 

 very short. Larger than the roebuck. United States. Griff, iv. 

 170. 



Gen. 142. CAPRA, Lin. Pall. Cuv. Desm. Geoff. 



Incisors g, canines g-g, molars f-f = 32. Horns common to 

 both sexes, directed upwards and backwards, striated trans- 

 versely ; no muzzle ; interval between the nostrils naked ; 

 no lachrymal sinus, or inguinal pores ; ears pointed ; legs ro- 

 bust ; tail short ; chin bearded. 



C. Ibex, Lin. The Ibex. Horns flat, with two longitudinal rid- 

 ges at the sides, crossed by numerous transverse knots, subverti- 

 cal, curved backwards, about thirty inches long, dark-coloured ; 

 fur gray fawn-coloured, whitish below, with a dorsal line of black- 

 ish brown. Five feet long. Inhabits the Alps, Pyrenees, &c. 

 Shaw, ii. pi. 198. 



C. Jaela, Smith. Abyssinian Ibex. Horns three feet long, form- 

 ing a semicircle backwards, subtriangular, with twenty-three va- 

 riegated prominent knots ; fur brownish fawn-coloured, with a 

 dark dorsal line ; long hair under the throat. Abyssinia. 

 Griff, iv. 301. 



Var. The Siberian Ibex of Pallas. Black line on the back and down the front of 

 the legs. 



C. Caucasia, Desm. Horns triangular, the anterior edge obtuse, 

 irregularly marked with transverse knots and uniform wrinkles ; 

 fur dark brown above, white beneath the breast ; line on the 

 back dark. Caucausian Mountains Griff, iv. 302. 



