ti6 MAMMALIA. PECORA. Capra, 
Strepjice. Horns fpirally carinate, wrinkled; body with dorfal aiK^ 
tranfverfe rvhite flripes. Sfiipcd J' 
Inhabits tire Cape of Good Hope; very aftive ; 4 feet high. 
Body ficnder, reddilb-grc\’, beneath grey ; neck maned ; breafi 
crefted ; pace bkckifli, willi 2 white lines ; horns pale brow's') 
coinprelied, 3 feet 9 inches long ; tail blatk above, whit^ 
beneath, tip black, a feet long. ■ 
fervicapra Horns fpiral, round, annulate ; body brown clouded with 
reddifli and dufky. Common A* 
Inhabits Africa and India : lefs than the deer. 
blackifli ; orbits whks-, viouihhrovm •, /iorjzrereft, black, 
linooth, Iharp at the tips, 14 inches long, entirely annulate 
except the tips ; Jemak hornlel’s, gravid 9 months, brings 
1 young. 
39. CAPRA. Horns hollow, corrmrefled, 
rough, ereft, turned back: fore-teeth 
‘ lower 8 : tujks o : chin bearded. 
The animals of this Genus are fond of dry rocky fitu.ations, and 
feed on aromatic vegetables ; have hair inflyad of wool ; exhak 
a rank odour ; are Iby and timid ; fight ereU on the hind-legs, 
and flrike with the head turned on one fide. It is a lingula'' 
lopal peculiarity that in Angora only, the aisimals of the Capt's'i 
Ovis and Lepus tribe have long, foft, lilky hair. 
^■Atgagrns Horns parinatc, arched back ; throat bearded. Goat-. 
2- Horns carinate, arched, with a curvature outwards at the 
ends. Domejtic G' 
7 ,- Hair long, foft, filky. Angora G< 
4 - Horns reclined ; cars pendulous ; chin bearded. Syrian G- 
Horns fhort, deprelTed, reclining on the flcull, African G- 
C- Horns eredl, turned forwards at the ends. Tf'hidaw G> 
' ']• Horns fhort, turned forwards at the tips, annuLtte at tl'S 
fides, Capricorn- 
Inhabits many mountainous parts of Europe, Africa, Perfid and 
India; a£hve like deer, and refenibles them in habits ; horus 
of the male dark brown-afh, of the female either linall or oi 
neck and limbs robufi.; head thick; Jnr. in a wild fbte, gre/, 
or alli)’.red ■with a black fpind line ; tail! Ibort, black ; fetef- 
lough; in tbe ftomach is ft'und bszoar; aj domeflicated 
thrbugh all Eurn.pe, feeds on branches of flirub^ lichens, hei"' 
lock, is feldcmi deflitute of horns ; treacherous, petulant, 
aftive and laicivious ; gravid 5 months, brings 1 — 2, rarely 
more; Ijves to— te years, fbex- 
