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OVcr again is strikingly like that of the wild Persian goat 

 yellowish brown deepening here and there to a bright bay 

 on the upper parts, with a black tail, a black ridge of hair along 

 the back, a blackish beard, a dark brown stripe down each 

 shoulder, and black or brown stripes down the front edge of 



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each limb (contrasting with white outer edges and inner side 

 of the limbs and of the belly). 



But although resembling the ancestral goat in its typical 

 coloration, this domestic goat of the Sudan and Southern Africa 

 has very short horns, far shorter than those of the domestic 

 goat of Europe. On the other hand, it is seldom found horn- 

 less, as is the case with some of the Oriental breeds. From 

 these it is sharply distinguished by its small erect ears, which 

 are never long and pendent as in the domestic goats of North 

 Africa, Egypt, Syria, and Western Asia. Although it has 



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