no 
GENTS CAPRA. 
Other which has rendered the point of their separa- 
tion disputed by various naturalists. We shall give 
the characters, however, placed to each by Major 
Smith, and consider, that, for the sake of simplicity, 
and ease of arrangement, they are best kept sepa- 
rate, even although Frederic Cuvier, a high autbo- 
lity, has said, that a better idea of the characters 
will be obtained by a figure than by a description, 
for that they have nothing in reality that can be 
expressed by language. It may be premised that 
they are distinguished from the true antelopes, “ by 
the osseous nucleus of the horns being partially 
porous or cellular, communicating with the sinus of 
the frontals, — a structure to which we saw an ap- 
pioach in the Cambing ootan of Sumatra. And 
Mr Hodgson adds to this, as a « strong and inva- 
riable distinction, — Males not odorous in the Sheep, 
as opposed to the males odorous in the genus Capra 
or Goat.”* They inhabit alpine districts, often up- 
on the limits of perpetual snow, are extremely ac- 
tive and sure footed, and climb with the greatest 
ease and security. They are at present known to 
inhabit Europe, Asia, and Africa — -Aplocerits be- 
ing the nearest approach to them in America. 
Capra or Goat, Linn. — Horns common to both 
sexes, rarely wanting in the females; in domes- 
ticated races occasionally absent in both, direct- 
ed upwards or depressed backwards, more or less 
angular and nodose. No muzzle, lachrymal sinus, 
* Proceedings of Zool. Soc. Sept. 9. 1834. 
