SYNOPSIS OP THE 



three feet six inches at the shoulder ; five feet nine inches 

 from nose to tail ; head one foot three inches ; horns two 

 feet long, wrinkled^ angular, black, thirteen inches and a 

 half in circumference at base, and turned spirally back 

 and downwards ; a large beard from the cheeks and under 

 jaw, divided into two lobes ; neck short, lined with a 

 standing mane ; knees covered by long dense hairs bent 

 back ; general colour rufous-brown ; external hoofs of the 

 fore-feet longer than the internal; six incisor teeth. 



Tragelaphus, Caius in Gesner. Fishtail and Lerwee of 

 Shaw. 



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Habitat. The mountains of Mauritania (Morocco.) 



Var. Size of the Common Ram ; horns eleven inches in 

 circumference, bending outwards and backwards; no tuft 

 or mane on the shoulders ; long tufts of hair round the 

 fore-knees ; tail six or seven inches long ; general colour 

 pale rufous. 



Mouflon D'Afrique, Geoff. Bearded Sheep, Pent. Ophion, 

 Plin. 



Icon. Mem. de V Institut. d^Egypt. 



Habitat. The mountains of Upper Egypt. 



875. 3. O. Musmon (the Musmon.) Adult male in size 

 about the Common Ram, somewhat higher on the legs; 

 horns curved back, forming little more than a half circle, 

 not so voluminous as in the Argali, points turned inwards ; 

 general colour brown or liver-coloured gray, with some 

 white upon the face and legs ; a darker streak along the 

 back and on the flanks, and often black about the neck ; 

 a tuft of hair beneath the throat; females usually hornless 

 and smaller. 



Musmon, Plin. Gesner. Mouflon, Buff. F. Cuv. Ovis 

 ArieS; Desmarets. (Viewed as the parent of the domestic 

 races, the following is a variety.) 



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