THE LIFE OF MAMMALS 
Beyond these monarchs of the land in the sky stand the goat- 
antelopes, so called because they unite in some degree the two 
Goat-an- groups represented in the name. They are small, 
telopes: robust, active animals with rather long and woolly 
coats, short, inconspicuous, upright horns, no beards, and goat- 
like haunts and habits. Examples are the shaggy brown tahrs 
of the mountains of India and Arabia; the ungraceful, pug- 
Copynght, N. Y. Zodl. Svcicty. Sanborn, Phot. 
ONE OF THE SHAGGY TAHRS, 
nacious serows, several species of which are scattered over the 
highlands of southeastern Asia, including Japan; and the 
similar, but far rarer, takin of eastern Tibet, a heavily built 
animal with figure and horns not unlike those of a musk ox; 
indeed, this may be more than an accidental resemblance, for 
in Beddard’s opinion it is the nearest relative to that strange 
arctic animal, and its head is as much a prize to the collector 
of trophies. In this group also fall the chamois of Europe 
and the Rocky Mountain white goat. 
It is often an irritating incident of reading old books to run 
against the phrase, “‘too well known to be described,” in respect 
to something the reader would like particularly well to learn; 
but I must ask for once to retreat behind it, and refer the reader 
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