SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Icon. Buff. F. Cuv. Mam. Lilhog. Nobis male aiul 

 female. 



Habitat. The mountains of Corsica, Sardinia, and 

 Candia.P It was formerly common in those of Asturius, and 

 probably in most of the high chains of Europe. 



Var. 0. Aries (the Domestic Sheep.) Both sexes in 

 general furnished with more wool than hair; the horns 

 frequently wanting, when present, less robust, more angu- 

 lar, wrinkled, spirally contorted in various directions ; 

 colour most usually white. For the distinctive marks of 

 the principal breeds or races, we refer to the text. 



Genus IV. — Damalis. 



Incisors f; canines -°:° ; molars |:f = 32. Horns com- 

 mon to both sexes, or in the males only, situate upon the 

 frontal crest, variously bent, and the osseous core provided 

 with a basal cavity communicating externally by a sinus 

 passing beneath the horny sheath; the head heavy, long; 

 the neck short; the spinous processes of first vertebrae of 

 the back mostly elevated, and the croup often depressed; 

 the body bulky; the legs stout; the tail pendulous, more 

 or less lengthened ; a mane and beard or tuft usual, and 

 the dewlap wholly or partially developed ; the stature of 

 the species in general large. 



Sub-genus I — Acronotus. Horns com7non to both sexes, 

 with double flexures more or less pronounced, approximated 

 at base, annulated below, smooth and turned back at the 

 tips ; head narrow, long ; muzzle small or none ; small la- 

 chrymary opening; no tufts on hiees ; inguinal pores ; the 

 shoulders in general much elevated ; the croup depressed ; 

 tail terminated by a tuft reaching to the houghs ; tiro or four 

 mamma; ; 7iot remarkable for speed : confined to Africa. 



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