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of domestic cattle. It might perhaps be rendered useful by 

 acclimatisation. 



Hollow-horned Euminants, which have the bony nucleus of 

 these horns partly filled up with cellules communicating with 

 the frontal sinus, comprehend, as we have already said, the 

 genera of Groats, Argalis, Sheep, and Oxen. 



Qoats. — The chief characteristics of Goats are their horns, which 

 turn upwards, are curvilineal, large, and divergent. A section of 



ri^r. 87. — Bubale {Antilope bubaiis, Pallas). 



their horns is prismatic, or elliptic, and their front is often nodose ; 

 their base rests on a protuberance of the frontal bones. Their 

 forehead is also straight, and not protruding, as in Sheej), and the 

 chin is furnished, especially in the male, with a long beard ; while 

 their tail is short, and the body but sparsely furnished with fat. 

 Their feet are, moreover, larger in proportion than those of Sheep. 

 They only possess two teats. 



Several species of Wild Goats are recognised. We shall par- 

 ticularly mention the Ibex of the Alps and the Caucasian Ibex. 



