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THE iEGAGRHS. 
Capra cegagrtis, — Pallas. 
PLATE V. Male VI. Female and Youno. 
Capra agagrus, Pallas, Ham, Smith, cjc. — L’egagre, Fred. 
Cm. Hist. Nat. des Mammiferes . — Le Passeng ou Bouc 
Sauvago, Menagerie du Museum. 
The iEgagrus appears first to have been noticed 
by Pallas and Gmelin, by whom descriptions were 
given, imperfect in the details of its habits. A fi- 
gure, with descriptions, lias been given in later days 
by the Baron Cuvier, intlie Menagerie du Museum, 
from individuals captured on the European Alps, 
though Frederick Cuvier, in his Mammiferes, seems 
to place a doubt on this fact, which it would be im- 
portant to know, as Pallas surmised, that the species 
may be found on the European Alps, as well as 
the Caucasian and Asiatic ranges. 
The male iEgogrus stands higher on its legs than 
the largest varieties of our goat, and the body is 
more slender. The limbs are strong and thick, and 
have not the light appearance of those of the ante- 
lopes or stags. The neck is short and thick, on 
account no doubt of the huge horns which it is 
