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CAPRA. GOAT, 



Generic Character 



Cornua concava, sursum ver^ 

 sa, erecta, compressa, sca- 

 bra. 



Teenies Primores inferiores 



octo. 

 Laniarii nulli. 

 Mentum barbatum. 



Horns hollow, turning up- 

 wards and backwards, com^ 

 pressed, rough, almost close 

 at their base. 



Front-teeth in the lower jaw 

 eight. 



Canine-teeth^ or Tusks, none. 

 Chin bearded in the male. 



IBEX. 



Copra Ibex. C. cormbus supra nodosis in dorsum reclinatis, gula 



harbata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p, 9^. 

 Grey-brown Ibex, whitish beneath, with large knotted horns 



bending over the back, and bearded throat. 

 Ibex. Plin. Hist. Nat. VIII, c. 53. Gesn. Quadr. p. 331. and 



1099. Aldr. bisulc. p. 730. f. p. 732. Jonst. Quadr. t. y^. 



t. 25. 28. Kaj. Quadr. p, 77. 

 Steinbock. Gesn. Thierb. p. 148. 



Jbex. Steinbock. Museim Leveriamim. No, 3. p. 10^. 107. t.2, 

 Le Boquetin. Bi(f. 12. p, 136.pl, 13. 

 Ibex Goat. Pennant Quadr. 1. p. 55. 



T^HIS, which is the common Ibex or Steinbock 

 of authors, appears to have been sometimes con- 

 founded with the Caucasan Ibex, or next species, 

 to which it is much allied. It is allowed both by 



