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The Goats {Cafrece) have, generally, triangular, compressed, erect, recurved or twisted horns. The 
males always emit a strong odour ; as Capra, Ibex and Hemitragus. 
The Sheep (^Omce), on the other hand, have subquadrangular, heavy, ringed, recurved, spirally involute 
horns, bent outwards, and their males are inodorous ; as the genus Ovis. 
Mr. Burchell observes, that all the Antelopes, including the Gnu, pass their food as do the Sheep and 
Deer, in small pellets. The Gnu, in the 'Diet. Sci. Nat.' ii. 248, is said to have the folded excrement of 
a Cow. 
The Antelopes, as defined in the foregoing character, contain a large number of species separated into 
several genera, which may be arranged in the following sections : 
I. The Antelopes of the Fields have a tapering nose, with the nostrils bald within. 
1. The True Antelopes are light-bodied and limbed, and small-hoofed, w^ith a short or moderate tail 
covered with elongated hair to the base ; horns lyrate or conical. 
2. The Caprine Antelopes are heavy-bodied and limbed, and large-hoofed, with a very short, de- 
pressed tail covered with hair to the base ; horns conical. 
3. The Cervine Antelopes are large-sized, rather heavy-bodied and large-hoofed, and have an elon- 
gated tail with short hair at the base and tufted at the end. 
II. The Antelopes of the Sandy Deserts have a broad nose, and the nostrils lined with bristles within. 
4. The Equine Antelopes have the nose very broad, soft, spongy, and bristly. 
5. The Bovine Antelopes have the nose moderately broad, with a black, moist muffle. 
I shall now proceed to the consideration of the genera and species. 
The True Antelopes have a tapering nose, the nostrils bald within, close together in front and 
diverging behind ; a moderate-sized elegant body and slender legs ; a moderately elongate, hairy tail ; and 
the horns placed over the eyebrows. 
* Some of these have lyrate (or rarely cylindrical, subspiral) horns, strongly ringed at the base, an ovine nose, 
without any naked muffle, deep inguinal pouches, and generally a well-developed tear-bag in front of the 
eyes. 
1. SAIGA, 
with short, strong, lyrate, white horns; a compressed, very high, rounded nose; tear-bag distinct; fur 
soft. 
The CoLus or Saiga. Saiga Tatarica. 
Pale yellowish, crown and back greyish washed ; young, crown greyer. 
Capra Tatarica, Linn. S. N. 97 —Antilope Saiga, Pallas. — Hex imberlis, Gmelin. — Antilope Colus, H. Smith. — 
Coins Strahonis, Gesner. 
Inhabits Siberia. Cab. Brit. Mus. 
2. KEMAS, 
with elongated, rather lyrate horns ; nose with a dilated pouch on each side ; tear-bag distinct ? hair close, 
erect, spreading. 
The Chiru. Kemas Hodgsonii. 
Pale brown ; chest, belly and inside of the limbs white ; front of face and front of legs blackish. 
Antilope Hodgsonii, Abel. — A. Kemas, H. Smith (not horns, t. 181. f. 6).— J. Chiru, Lesson. 
Inhabits Thibet. Cab. Brit. Mus. 
3. GAZELLA {H. Smith), 
with strong, lyrate, black horns ; the face tapering ; nose simple ; tear-bag distinct. Females hornless or 
with smaller horns ; teats four. 
* Hair very long, especially about the head and mouth ; knees not tufted : females hornless. 
The Dseren. Gazella gutturosa. 
Pale yellowish ; hair long, soft. 
Antilope gutturosa, Pallas. — H. Smith. 
Inhabits Siberia. Cab. Brit. Mus., male and female. 
