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pressed, usually angulated, rugose, and curving backwards, or spiral ; the 

 bony cores of the horns thick, porous and cellular. No canines. Muffle 

 generally absent. Feet-pits in all feet, or in the fore-feet only, or none. 

 Eye-pits rare. Groin-pits not usual. Teats generally two, rarely 

 four. 



The horns are seated on the crest of the forehead, and are closely 

 approximate, covering the top of the head. The occipital plane of the 

 skull forms a more or less acute angle with the frontal plane. Eyes 

 usually pale. 



This sub-family may be divided into the capricorns, the goats, and the 

 sheep. 



1st. Capricoms, or Antelope Goat, or Mountain Antelope. 



Horns somewhat rounded, conical, curving backwards, of small size, 

 found in both sexes. Compared with antelope these animals have a heavy 

 body, stronger Hmbs, large hoofs and false hoofs. Dr. Sclater, who places 

 them among the antelope, says, " the mountain antelopes which form the 

 transition between the Antilopince and the goats and sheep, are a group 

 distributed over the northern regions of the two hemispheres, of which 

 the well known Chamois is a somewhat aberrant European representative." 

 Blyth and Hodgson class them among the goats, as I have done. 



Gen. Nbmorhcbdus, H. Smith. 



Syn. Capricornis and Kemas, Ogilby. 



Char. — Horns in both sexes, round, black and ringed ; a small muffle ; 

 eye-pits wanting or small ; large feet-pits in all feet ; no inguinal pits nor 

 calcic tufts ; tail short, hairy ; four mammae. 



This genus was founded by H. Smith upon A. sumafrensts, and therefore 

 must be retained for this group, even if we separate the Ooral as is done 

 by Blyth and others, who apply Ogilby's generic name, Capricornis, to the 

 Serow, retaining Nemorhcedus for the Goral. 



230. Xemorhoedus bubalina. 



Antilope apud Hodgson. — Blyth, Gat. 536. — A. thar, Hodgson, plim ; 

 also Nemorhcedus proolivus, Hodgson. — Thar, in Nepal. — Sarao, Serou or 

 Sarraowa, in the hills generally. — Eimu, on the Sutlej.— iJ^mu, in 

 Kashmir. 



