CLASS I. MAMMALIA: 
ORDER 9. RUMINANTIA. 
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THE IBEX OF THE PYRENEES. 
The Alpine Ibex, or Stein-Boc, or Rock-Buck, /. Alpimcs, was formerly spread over all the 
loftier ranges of the Alps, but is now confined to the Alps of Savoy. They are not numerous, and 
would soon be exterminated were not the killing of them severely interdicted by the Piedmontese 
government. 
The TuR, or Ibex of the Pyrenees, /. Fyrenaicus, very similarto the preceding, is nearly ex- 
terminated, and is only found among the very highest peaks of the Spanish Pyrenees. 
The Spanish Ibex, /. Hispanicus, is found in the Sierra Nevada of the south of Spain. 
The Zac or Zebuder — the Caucasian Ibex, Capra Caucasica of Guldenstedt — resembles the 
THE PASENG. 
Alpine species : it is found in the mountains of Caucasus, and also in those of Candia and some 
of the adjacent islands. This is probably of the same species as the Paseng, the Hircus cegagrus 
of Gray, which is found in large troops in the mountains of Persia and the adjacent countries. 
It exceeds the domestic goat in size, and is very strong and active ; the color is a rusty brown ; 
