HEMITRAGUS. 



509 



in the same plane as the forehead and cur^•ing backward, compressed, 

 anfl;u]are in front. Otherwise as in Capra. 



This genus is by many naturalists united to Capra, but appears 

 fairly separable, the skull and horns differing greatly. The only 

 two known species are Indian. Their habits are precisely those of 

 goats. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



Horns flattened externally. Mammpe 4 H. jemlaicus, p. 509. 



Horns convex externally. MammjB 2 //. hylocrius, p. 511. 



A fossil species, //. sivalensis, has been found in the Pliocene of 

 the Siwaliks. 



Fig. ] GS. — Hcmitrafii s jemlaicus 



350. Hemitragus jemlaicus. The Tehr or Tahr. 



Capra jemlahica, Ham. Smith, Grijfifh''s An. Kinq. iv, p. 308, pi. 



(1827) ; Sclaier, P.Z. S. 1886, p. 317 ; W. Sclaier, Cat. p. 146. 

 Capra jharal, Hodgson, As. Mes. xviii, pt. 2, p. 129, pi. (1833) ; id. 



P. Z. 8. 1834, p. 106; id. J. A. S. B. iv, p. 491. 

 Capra quadrimammis, Hodc/son, J. A. S. B. iv, p. 710; v, p. 254. 

 Hemitragus quadrimammis re/ jharal, Hodf/son, J. A. S. B. x, p. 913. 

 Hemitragus jemlaicus, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 523; Bn/th, Cat. 



p. 175 ; Je'rdon, Mam. p. 286 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 40 ; 



Lyd^kher, J. A. S. B. xlvi, p. 286. 



Tehr, Jehr, Western Himalayas ; Krds, Jaf/la, Kashmiri : Jhuhi S , 

 Tahvni J , Knnawar ; Eshu, Sutlej above Chiui ; Kart, Kulu, Chamba, 

 ilicc.; ,M«ra/, Nepal. 



Hair on head short, on bodv longer, and on the neck, shoulders, 



2 M 2 



