SYP.IAN GOAT. 
the Geyssen with Hanging Ears, of Rauwolt ; 
the Mambrina, or Syrian Goat, of BufFon ; 
and the Syrian Goat, of Pennant, Russel, 
Zimmerman, and NieuhoiF. 
It inhabits Syria, India, Persia, and other 
parts of the East. It's horns are short, black, 
and transversely wrinkled : those of the male 
bend much backwards, and are divaricated and 
bent upwards at the ends : those of the female 
take a half turn, pointing forwards, close to 
the head. The animal is somewhat larger 
than the Common Goat, and appears to par- 
take of it's general habits, 
BufFon says, that the Levant or Mambrina 
Goat, with long pendulous ears, is only a va- 
riety of the Goat of Angora ; which has also 
pendulous ears, though they are not so lono-. 
He remarks, that the former is called the 
Mambrina Goat, because it is found on Mount 
Mambrina in Syria. Both these Goats, he 
adds, were known to the ancients ; but they did 
not separate them from the common species. 
This variety of the Mambrina, or Syrian 
Goat, 
