i. C a pro v in e G roup— Sub-G enus C aprovis
Caprovis, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvi. p. 702 (1847) ;
Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 17 1 (1852).
Musimon, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 36 (1850), Cat. Ungulata Brit.
Mus. p. 172, as a sub-genus.
Argali, Gray, Knows ley Menagerie, p. 37 (1850), Cat. Ungulata Brit.
Mus. p. 174 (1852), as a sub-genus.
Characters.—Horns o f males forming a circular or spiral curve, strongly
angulated (at least when young), and with more or less distinct transverse
wrinkling. Face with small and indistinct glands, and depressions in the
skull below the eye-sockets for their reception. A clearly defined black
line between the fawn of the back and the light of the under-parts, and
distinct black markings on the front o f the limbs are frequently wanting,
although present in some species. No long fringe extending from the
throat to the fore-legs. Tail very short.
Distribution. — Coextensive with that of the genus, except in not
extending into Africa.
1. T he E uropean M uflon- O vis musimon
Mgoceros musimon, Pallas, Zoogr. Rossq,-Asiat. vol. i. p. 230 ( 18 11) ,
Ovis musmon, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 322,
v. p. 360 (1827) ; Jardine, Naturalist's Library— Mamm. vol. iv. P .- 13 2
(.836).
Capra musmon, Fischer, Synop. Mamm. p. 488 (1829),
Ovis musimon occidentalis, Brandt and Ratzeburg, Med. Zool. vol. i. p. 55
(1829)..
Ovis musimon, Wagner, in Schreber’s Saugethiere, vol.iv. p. 242 (1844) ;
Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 36 (1850) ; Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands,
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