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GENUS 

 First-known Goats . . . Capra 



Persia, Greece, Palestine, etc. 

 Ibexes Capra 



Asia, Europe, N-E Africa. 

 Turs Capra 



Spain, Caucasus Mountains. 

 Markhors Capra 



Himalayas, north-west of India. 



Tahrs (usually placed in Cap- 



rinae) .... Hemitragus 



India, north and south; Arabia. 

 Serows, or Forest Goats . Nemorbcedus 



North-east Asia and Japan. 

 Gorals Cemas 



North India, Tibet and China. 

 Rocky Mountain Goat . . Oreamnos 



North-western North America. 

 Chamois .... Rupicapra 



Southern Europe. 

 Takin Budorcas 



Southern China. 



The classification of both these subfamilies was 

 founded upon the genus Capra, as first represented by 

 the goats of Greece, Persia and Asia Minor. Later on, 

 to avoid the multiplication of genera, the ibexes, mar- 

 khors and others were taken into that genus. The goats 

 of the Subfamily Caprinte are partly distinguished by 

 flattened horns of considerable length, which sometimes 

 curve upward in remarkable lines. From all these forms 

 the Rocky Mountain goat differs materially, just as the 

 prong-horned antelope differs from African antelopes. 



The members of the Subfamily Caprinte are so much 

 alike that they stand in one group, like a three-peaked 

 island rising out of a sea. In the Subfamily Rupicaprina 



