GOAT. 
The Goat, or Capra Hircus, in the Lin- 
naean system of zoology, forms a distin6t ge- 
nus, of the order of Pecora ; the distinguish- 
ing chara6lers of which are, that the horns 
are hollow, turned upwards, and annulated on 
their surfaces — that^ there are eight cutting 
teeth in the lower jaw, but none in the upper 
' — and, that the male generally has a beard. 
The Goat, which some naturalists consider 
as differing very little from the sheep, seems 
ill fa6l still farther removed from that animial 
than the ass from the horse. The Buck Goat, 
Buffon remarks, as willingly copulates with 
the ewe as the jack-ass with the mare ;. and 
the ram unites with the She-Goat in the same 
manner as the stallion with the she-ass. But 
though these commixtures are frequent, and 
sometimes prolific, no intermediate species has 
been formed between the Goat and the sheep. 
The two species are distln61:, and still remain 
at the same distance from each other. No 
real 
