a. P e r sian W ild R a c e , or P a san g— C a p r a hircus tegagrcs^
Capra cegagrus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 193 (1788) ; Desmarest,
Mammalogie, vol. ii. p. 483 (1822) ; Hutton, Calcutta fourn. Nat. Hist.
vol. ii. p. 5 2 1, pi. xix. (1842), fourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p. 161
(1846) ; Blasius, Saugeth. Deutschlands, p. 485 (1857) ; P. L. Sclater, Proc.
Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 89, 1886, p. 3 15 , pi. xxi. ; Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874,
p. 248, fourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xliv. p. 15 (1875), Eastern Persia, veil. ii.
p. 89 (1876), Fauna Brit. Ind-—Mamm. p. 502 (1891) ; Danford, Proc. Zool.
Soc. 1875, p. 458 ; Danford and Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 276 ;
Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 486 (1884); Radde, Proc. Zool. So c.-1887,
p. 552 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 142 (1891) ; .Satunin,
Zool. fa h rb . Syst. vol. ix. p. 3 1 1 (1896) ; Ward, Records o f Big Game,
p. 229 (1896).
Antilope gazella, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 190 (1788), nec Capra
gazella, Linn. 1796.
i.Egoceros cegagrus, Pallas, Zool. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 266 ( i 8t i ) ;
Kotschy, Verh. Ver. Wien, vol. iv. p. 201 (1854).
Capra caucasica, Gray, L ist Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 167 (1843), nec
Pallas, 1783 ; Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 525.
Mgoceros pictus, Erhardt, Fauna Cycladen, p. 29 (1858).
Capra picta, P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 689, -pi. Iviii.
Hircus gazella, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 53 (1872SÏÉI
Capra hircus, var. cegagrus, Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. Coll.
Surg. pt. ii. p. 251 (1884).
Plate X X III.
Characters.—Build relatively slender ; height at shoulder reaching to
37 inches. Horns of male scimitar-shaped, curving backwards, much
Wild Ox e n , S h e e p & Goats . P l a t e XXIII.