MAMMALIA. PECORA. Goat. 321 



Cervicapra, or Paefen. Knempf. amoen. exot. 398. t. 4. n. 1. — Stein bock. Ridinger, jagd. th. 

 t. 11. — Chevre fauvage. Tavcrnier, It. ii. 143. Monad, de lap. bezoar. 8. — Caucafan Goat. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 14. Zimmerman. 662. Lev. muf. 



Inhabits the lower mountains of Caucafus and Taurus, Afia Minor, Laar and Khorazan in Perfia, 

 probably in India and Africa. — The horns of this animal have no knobs or rings, but on the up- 

 per furface are a few wavy wrinkles ; they are very large, fometimes weigh ten pounds, and meafure 

 three feet long ; they are very clofe at the bafe, bend much backward, and are even hooked at the 

 ends, which approach a little. The general colour of the animal is- grey, fometimes mixed with rnft 

 colour having a dufky lift along the middle of the back ; the fore part of the head is black, the 

 cheeks are mixed with brown, and the chin has a large beard of a duiky colour, mixed with chef- 

 nut ; the tail is black. In fize, it is fuperior to the largeft domeftic Goat, and refembles the Stag in 

 agility and.elegance of form. The female has no horns, or very fhort ones. Some authors fay that, 

 when hard preffed by the hunters, it will throw itfelf from a precipice, and fave itielf by falling on 

 the horns. . ^ 



2. Common Goat. — 2. Capra Hircus. 1. /?. 



The horns are ridged, and much arched backwards, with a curvature outwards at the 

 ends ; and have a beard on the chin, Syft. nat. ed. xii. 94. n. 1. Faun. Suec. 44. Forfter 

 in Phil. Tranf. lvii. 344. 



Hircus, having arched horns, which are fharp edged on the infide, rounded outwardly, and 

 ridged below. Brill", regn. an. 62. n. 1. — Tragus domefticus. Klein, quad. 15. — Capra domeftica. 



Sloan, jam. ii. 328. — Hircus domefticus. Charlet. exerc. 9. — Caper hifpanicus. Jonft. quad. t. 26. 



Capra, Hircus, or Hoedus. Plin. hift. nat. viii. 50. Gefn. quad. 270. 301. f. p. 302. 314. Aldrov. 

 bif. 619. f. p. 635. Jonft. quad. 65. t. 26. 27. Sibb. Scot. an. 8. Raj. quad. 77. Rzacz. Pol. 239. 

 Schwenkf. ther. 97. 98. 100. 101. — T|«yo<, Atyis. Arift. hift. an. v. c. ii. vi. c. 15. viii. c. 13. ix. 

 c. 4. Oppian. cyneg. ii. 326.— Bouc, et Chevre, or He, and" She Goat. Sm. Buff. iii. 486. pi. xvi. 

 xvii. — Geyfs, and Bock. Gefn. thierb. 127. f. p. 128. 135.'— Siegen bock, Siege. Klein, quad. 

 15. — Domeftic Goat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 14. «. Brit. zool. i. 29. 



Inhabits moft part of the world. — The chief diftindtion between this and the Wild Goat is, that 

 in the former, the horns rather approach at the points, whereas, in the Common or domeftic Goat, 

 the upper half of the horns bend much outwards ; the latter is likewife a good deal fmaller. The 

 colour of the Domeftic Goat is fubjecT: to great variety, and the length of the hair varies, being 

 fmooth and fhort in hot countries, while in die colder regions it is long and fhaggy. 



3; Angora Goat. — 3. Capra angorenfis; 1. y. 



The whole body is covered with very long, foft, filky, hair. Brill, reg. an. 64, n. 2. 



A.J, sv ivxtK. Aelian. an xvi. c. 30. — Capra angorenfis. Haffelquift, It. 206. Olear. muf. t. .10. 

 f. 2. Forfter, in Phil. Tranf. lvii. 344.— Chevre d' Angora. Tournef. It. ii. 185. Sm. Buff", iii. 498. 

 pi. xviii. xix. — Angora Goat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 14. ,3. NieuhorF, in Church, voy. ii. 232. 

 Strabo, xu.823. Zimmerman. 134.. Lev. muf. 



Inhabits the country about Angora, Beibazar, and Cougna in Afiatic Turkey, and about Gomron 



in Perfia. — Thofe of Angora are of a filvery whitenefs, vdiile thofe about Cougna are-brown or black 



V.OL. I. S f- coloured, 



