156 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Capra (Ibex) vali, Camerano, Mem. Ac. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, vol. Ivi, 



p. 284, 1906. 

 Ibex wall, Gaillard, Eev. Ethnogr. et Sociol. 1912, reprint, p. 18. 



ABYSSINIAN IBEX: WALL 



Typical locality mountains of Simien, Abyssinia. 



The original description is as follows : " Front and upper 

 side of head, neck, and back beautiful chestnut-brown ; 

 muzzle, a curved streak between eye and ear, sides of neck, 

 body, and rump reddish umber-brown. Eegion under the 

 eye and ear, the chin, throat, chest, and inner surface of the 

 thighs and belly dirty white. Outer side of thighs and legs 

 and sides of belly dirty grey. Feet whitish, with a large 

 spot at the fetlock and a stripe down the legs black. Root* 

 of tail chestnut-brown, tip black. Inner side of ears white, 

 with a reddish border, outer service red-brown. Iris of eye 

 pale brown, pupil dark blue." 



The principal points distinguishing this ibex from 

 C. nubiana are the shorter beard and the thicker and stouter 

 horns, which are more like those of C. sibirica. It differs 

 from all other ibex in the bony protuberance on the forehead. 



In Ruppell's type the horns were only 25 inches long, 

 measured along the curve, but horns ranging 40 1 to 43f along 

 the curve, with a girth of from 10^ to 11|, and a tip-to-tip 

 interval of from 16| to 23 inches are known. 



1. 6. 18. 1. Skin, mounted, and skull. Buahit Moun- 

 tains, Simien, Abyssinia. Length of horns 43^, girth 11J, 

 tip-to-tip interval 27 inches. 



Presented by Major P. H. G. Powell-Cotton, 1900. 



VIII. CAPEA HIECUS. 



Capra hircus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 68; 1758, ed. 12, 

 vol. i, p. 94, 1766. 



The typical species, as represented by the domesticated 

 goat of Sweden (C. hircus hircus). Characters generally those 

 of the wild races, as given below, the beard being restricted 

 to the chin, and the dark olive-brown or blackish horns 

 sweeping backwards in a bold scime tar-like curve, with a 

 sharp front edge, quite unlike the broad and knotted front 

 surface of those of the more typical ibex. 



