322 MAMMALIA. PECORA. Goat. 



coloured. The horns of the He-goat ftand outwards directly from the head, and are twirled into a 

 fcrew-like fpiral, being fometimes above two feet long, and near three feet diftant at the ends ; while 

 the horns of the female are fhort, and bend firft back, then down, and then forwards, almoft clofe to 

 the fides of the head. The ears are flat, pointed, and flouching. 



7°9 4. Syrian Goat.— 4. Capra marnbrica. I. /. 



The horns are fhort and much reclined backwards j the ears are very long and pendu- 

 lous ; the throat is bearded. Syft. nat. ed. xii. 05. n. 3. 



Capra fyriaca. BrifT. quad. 72. n. 13 — Capra indica, and Capra mambrina, or rather Syriaca. 

 Gefn. quad. 1097. 1098. — Goat, with long hanging ears. Profp. Alp. i. 229. Aldrov. bif. 769. f. 

 p. 768. — Capra mambrina indica, et C. mambrina fyriaca. Jonft. quad. 81. t. 26. — Capra mam- 

 brina, or C. fyriaca. Raj. quad. 81. — Geyffen, with hanging ears. Rauwolf. It. hi. 26. — Mambri- 

 na, or Syrian Goat. Sm. Buff. vi. 378. — Syrian Goat. Penn. b*ft. of quad. n. 14. y. pi. v. Ruffel, 

 Alep. 52. Zimmerman. 135. Nieuhoff, in Church, coll. ii. 232. fig. p. 231. 



Inhabits Syria, India, Perfia, and other parts of the eaft ; is likewife brought fometimes to Aftra- 

 can by the Kirghifian Tartars. — The horns of this Goat are fhort, black, and tranfverfely wrinkled ; 

 thofe of the male bend much backwards, and are divaricated and bent upwards at the ends; thofe of 

 the female take a half turn, pointing forwards, clofe to the head : The ears are of an enormous 

 length, and fometimes need to be cut off, to allow the animal to graze. This animal is fomewhat 

 larger than the Common Goat. 



710 5. African Goat. — 5. Capra deprejfa. i.e. 



The horns are fhort, thick, triangular, and laid clofe to the fkull. Syft. nat. ed. xii. 95-. 



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Hircus, with depreffed horns, or Capra parva, from America. BrifT. quad. 65. n. 4. — African 

 Goat, and Dwarf Goat. Sm. Buff. vi. 379. 380. 381. pi. clxxxix. cxc. — African Goat. Penn. hift. 

 of quad n. 14. §■. Lev. muf. 



Inhabits Africa. — This is a dwarf.fh animal, not much larger than a half grown kid of the common 

 kind ; the male has two long hairy wattles below the chin ; thefe are wanting on the female, which 

 has much fmaller horns : The hair of the male is rough and pendulous, that of the female is fmooth 

 and fhort. 



■J 11 6. Whidaw Goat. — 6. Capra rev erf a, 1. £. 



The horns are fhort, erect, fmooth, and turned forwards at the ends. Syft. nat. ed. xii. 

 9 s- n. 6. 



Ibex parvus, from America. BrifT. quad. 65. n. 5. — Buck of Juda. Sm. Buff. v. 378. pi. cxcii. 

 cxciii. — Whidaw Goat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 14. 1. 



Inhabits Whidaw, or Juda, in Africa. — This fpecies is dwarflfh, being about the fize of a year old 

 Kid of the common kind, and differs from the former chiefly in the form of the horns, and by 

 wanting the wattles on the throat. 



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