518 MAMMALIA. 



Anlilope rupicapra — The Chamois. — Plate XXIII. fig. 3. 

 — Described, vol. II. p. 32. 



Sub-Genus 8. — Antilocapra. — Horns compressed, poste- 

 riorly hooked towards the point, and provided with an anterior 

 antler. 



Anlilope furcifer. — The Prong-Horned Antelope. — Plate 



XVII*. fig. 4 Fur rufous-brown above, white below; neck 



with a red mane ; horns one foot long, compressed, flat inte- 

 riorly and striated ; with a flattened snag to the front, forking 

 with the after part, which forms a hook to the rear; eyes 

 large, high in the head. About three feet high at the shoulder. 

 Inhabits the United States. 



Genus 7. — Capra. — Linnaus. 



Generic Character. — Incisors ^, no canines, grinders ^^e > ^otsX 

 32. Horns common to both sexes ; they rise perpendicularly, 

 and are then directed backwards, more or less angular and no- 

 dose; no muzzle; interval between the nostrils naked ; without 

 lachrymal sinus, or inguinal pores ; ears erect, pointed ; legs 

 strong ; tail short ; chin with a beard. 



Capra ibex The Ibex. — Plate XXIII. fig. 4. — Hair 



reddish-brown in summer, and gray in winter ; beard short, 

 dark brown ; dorsal line blackish brown ; horns thirty inches 

 long, dark brown, depressed, with two longitudinal ridges at the 

 sides, crossed by numerous transverse knotty annulations. Five 

 feet long. Inhabits the Alps and Pyrenees. 



Capra ayagrus. — The Goat. — Plate XXIII. fig. 5. — De- 

 scribed, vol. II. p. 24. 



Farje/y.— The Angora Goat. — Plate XXIII. fig. 6.— 

 Described, vol. II. p. 24. 



Variety.— iLm Syrian Goat. — Plate XXIII. fig. 7.— 

 Described, vol. II. p. 28. 



Genus 8. — Ovis. — Linnaus. 



Generic Character. — Incisors \, no canines, grinders ^^ ; to- 

 tal .32. Horns common to both sexes, sometimes wanting in 

 the female ; thick, angular, wrinkled transversely, pale-colour- 

 ed, turned laterally and spirally ; ears small ; legs slender ; hair 

 of two kinds; tail more or less short; having two inguinal 

 mrimmte. 



