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THE MAMMALS OE EGYPT. 
Suborder AR T10 B AC TY L A. 
Group I. R U MIN A N TI A. 
BOVID^. 
Subfamily CAPRTNAE. 
CAPRA. 
Capra, LinnseuSj Syst. Nat. x. 1758, p. 68. 
The Goats are closely allied to the Sheep [Ods). Size medium and build rather 
stout. Tail short. No glands either on the face or in the groin, and foot-glands 
either wanting or confined to the fore feet. Muzzle hairy; a more or less distinct 
beard beneath the lower jaw of the males. Males with a strong, unpleasant odour. 
Horns present in both sexes. 
Since no specimens from Egypt are available for examination, the general description 
of the Ibex is taken from ‘ Oxen, Sheep, and Goats of All Lands,’ by the kind 
permission of the author. 
Capea nubiana, F. Cuv. (Plate LVIll.) 
Capra ibex, ‘Beden/ Forskal, Descr. Anim. Algypt. 1775, iv. 
Capra nuhiana, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. fasc. vii. 1825, pi. 397; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1885, p. 2; Wai'd, Records of Big Game, 1896, p. 230; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 8, 
vol. iv. 1897, p. 85 ; Lydekker, Oxen, Sheep, and Goats of All Lands, 1898, p. 266 ; Marriott, 
in Great and Small Game of Afr. 1899, p. 129. 
Capra sinaitica, Hemp. & Elirenb. Symb. Phys. i. 1828, pi. xviii.; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, 
p. 316, j)!. xxxii., 1891, p. 464 (Suakin) ; Ward, Records of Big Game, 1896, p. 229. 
Capra arabica, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Abyss. 1835, p. 17 ; Fitz. SB. Wien, liv. i. 1866, p. 602. 
jEyoceros beden, Wagn. Schreb. Sang. Suppl. iv. 1844, p. 494; Heuglin, Reise N.O.-A£r. ii. 
1877, p. 126. 
Ibex nubiarms, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii. 1855, p. 189. 
Ibex sinaiticus, Gervais, tom. cit. pi. 39; Hartmann, Zeitsch. Ges. Erdk. Berk iii. 1868, p. 345. 
Ibex beden, Heugl. Fauna Roth. Meer., Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 16. 
Capra beden, Tristram, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 85; id. Fauna Palestine, 1884, p. 6, pi. ii. 
Build rather stout; height at shoulders about 33 inches. Horns scimitar-like, very 
long, slender, and highly curved; the outer front angle bevelled off, sloping from the 
