Title: Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools
Identifier: brehmslifeofanim00breh (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; PechuLoesche, Eduard, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard
Subjects: Mammals; Animal behavior
Publisher: Chicago : Marquis
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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454 THE CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIMALS. and rounded or arched on the outer side. In me- dium sized animals they often measure upward of sixteen inches and more than double this size in old individuals. Beginning from the base they sweep backward in a bold, direct curve, and in old males describe almost a semicircle. They are set close together at their bases, gradually diverge for more than half their length, and for the remainder of their length to their extremities curve boldly forward and inward. The knots or transverse rings on the horns, between which are numerous smaller ridges, number defined black-brown stripe runs along the course of the backbone to the black tail. Range and The ^gagrus is a native of an exten- Habitsofthe sive portion of western and central /Bgagrus. Asia. It is found on the southern slope of the Caucasus, and in the Taurus and other mountains of Asia Minor and Persia, and from thence far south through Afghanistan and Beluchistan. It is also found on the islands of the Mediteranean, es- pecially among those of the Grecian Archipelago, and perhaps even on the higher parts of the Greek
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THE MARKHOOR. 1 lioor, or Markhor. popularly, but ofdarkei hue. and ha strange, triangular, spiral horns which are some! a ral times in tin: gardens >>( the Zoologii al v ty. 1 ondon i' larger much as hv feet long in the large males. :.if the Mark- a long beard Markhoors have from ten to twelve in old individuals. TCgnigus Goats of both sexes have coarse beards; the remain- der of the hairy covering consists of a rather long, smooth, wiry outer fur, and a short, woolly inner coat of a medium degree of softness. The coloring is a bright reddish-gray, or a rusty hue of brownish- yellow, assuming a lighter tint upon the sides of the neck and the flanks. The breast and throat are blackish-brown, the abdomen and the inner and rear surfaces of the thighs are white. A sharply peninsula. Investigation has demonstrated, almost to a certainty, that the /Egagrus is the same animal mentioned by Homer in his description of the Cy- clopean Island: "A w.mded isle, wherein do roam wild Goats unnumbered; For (.nth of Man. or presence there, affrights them not." The actions and habits of the bgagrus strikingly resemble those of the Ibex. With heedless fleetness it runs along the most perilous paths or stands for hours, entirely free from vertigo, looking down into

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