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and horns. — Schreb. t. 282. — Capricorne Goat, Penn. — C. M. Capricornus, Gmelin, ¥\sc\iev.~Mgoceros 
Capra, Pallas. — Wagner. — Pasen, Ksempt. Amoen. 398. fig. at p. 407. 
Inhabits Caucasus. Brit. Mus. 
There are many Domestic Varieties. The following have been designated ; they are divided according 
to the nature of their fur, but this is liable to change according to the climate ; for Dr. Gardiner observes, 
" Goats in Brazil lose the long hair natural to them in cold countries, which proves how much the economy 
of animals can suit itself to change of circumstances." — Travels, 163. 
A. Wool Goats, with erect small ears. 
1. The CossiA. Capra JEJgagus Cos.sia (Buchann. Icon. ined. t. 10). White; feet pale brown, horns paler, 
short, recurved. 
C. Mg. Cossus, Blainv. — C. Aries Cossus, Fischer, &c. — C. Tubericornis, part Schinz, 467. 
Inhabits India ; Sylhet (^Buch.^. 
Schinz confused the Hemicapra Jemlaica with this variety. 
2. Shawl-Goat or Changra. Capra j^gagus Changra (Buchann. Icon. ined. t. 11; Hodgson, Icon. ined. 
1. 173. f. l.t. 174. f. 1. t. 175. f. 1,2). 
C. A. laniger, Desm. 
Inhabits Nepal. 
3. Lesser Shawl-Goat. C. A.CIiapa (Hodgson). White black varied; horns suberect, subspiral. 
Bouc de Cashemire, F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. . — Cashmere Goat, Mus. Anim. Nat. f. 664, 665. 
Inhabits India ; Cashmere (^Buch.^. 
4. Khassia Hill-Goat (Robinson, Assam, 99) is usually clothed with long white rather coarse hair. 
Ears ? 
Inhabits Assam. 
5. Spanish Goat. Capra ecornis (Schreb. t. 287 B.). 
C. A. acera, Desm. — Bouc sans comes, F. Cuv. Man. Lithog. t. 
6. Persian Goat. Capra Persicus (H. Smith, G. A. K. v. 306). 
Inhabits Persia. 
7. Indian Goat. Capra jEg. Indicus (H. Smith, G. A. K. v. 307). 
8. The DooGOo (Hodgson, Icon. ined. t. 171 ?). 
Inhabits Central Hill, Nepal ; common domesticated. 
9. The Sinal (Hodgson, Icon. ined. t. 172), with hair and shorn. 
Inhabits Nepal, Central Mountain Region ; domesticated. 
10. Four-horned Goat. Bouc a Quatre Cornes (F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. c?). 
11. The Markhur. Uniform yellowish brown, beneath whitish; lower part of legs from the knee and 
hough very pale, with a dark line in front ; horns very large, more or less twisted, varying from the 
curvature of those of a Koodoo (A. Strepsiceros), only in an opposite direction, to the erect spiral of 
the Impoofo (A}itUope Oreas). 
Capra Magoceros, Hutton, Calcutta Journ. N. H. ii. 521. t. 20.— C. Mgagus, var. Blyth, P. Z. Soc. 1840, 80.~ 
Markhur of Cabul, Vigne, Travels, Kabul, 1840, p. 86.— Lord, in Burns' Cabool, 386, 1842.— Blyth, Ann. 
N. Hist. vii. 196, note.— A/arMor, Ray Soc. i. 65.—^goceros Falconeri, Wagner, Munich, Gel. Anzeit. 
1839, ix. 430.— Weigm. Arch. 1841, 54— Capra Falconeri, Wagner, in Hugel Kaschmir, iv. 579. t. . 
Inhabits India; Mountains of Cashmere (Br. Falconer). 
Mr. Blyth justly observes, the horns of all domestic goats have a tendency to assume the spiral form, 
especially at the tip, and he has never observed this in the wild kinds ; he further remarks that he has never 
seen two specimens of the Markhur with the horns alike. And further, " I consider (the Markhur) to be a 
