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THE PERSIAN WILD GOAT. 
Capra rEgagrus. Native names: Ter, Sarah, Sind. The “Sind Ibex” of 
European sportsmen. 
Habitat .—This goat is found in Baluchistan ani Sind, but not East or 
North-East of Quetta. It occurs near sea-level, but ascends to 13,000 
feet further North. It is probably the principal progenitor of our tame 
goats. 
Description In colour, brownish grey in winter and lightish grey in 
summer. Lower and inner parts and buttocks whitish. Old males are paler 
th rough out. The male is bearded on the chin only. The horns of the male are 
scimitar-shaped, curved backwards, greatly compressed, irregularly notched 
and jagged, posterior edge rounded. Female horns much smaller, erect, 
curved slightly backwards, oval in section and libbed. 
It inhabits barren rocky hills in herds, is very active and wonderfully sure 
footed. The Bezoar, formerly famous in Europe and Persia as an antidote to 
poison and a cure for many diseases, is a concretion found in the stomach of 
this goat. 
Measurements .—Full grown males 37 inches high at the shoulder, from 
muzzle to tail 5 feet 4 inches. Good horns measure 40 inches round curve 
