. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 35° UNGULATA protected from cold by a coat of short thick wool of a grayish colour. The tail is black; the ears are pointed and erect; the hoofs have the outer edges higher than the soles, and are thus admirably adapted for laying hold of the slightest projection or roughness on the face of the rocky precipices it frequents. The Chamois is gregarious, living in herds of fifteen or twenty, and feeding generally in the morning or evening. The old males, however, live alone, except in the rutting season, which occurs in Octob
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 35° UNGULATA protected from cold by a coat of short thick wool of a grayish colour. The tail is black; the ears are pointed and erect; the hoofs have the outer edges higher than the soles, and are thus admirably adapted for laying hold of the slightest projection or roughness on the face of the rocky precipices it frequents. The Chamois is gregarious, living in herds of fifteen or twenty, and feeding generally in the morning or evening. The old males, however, live alone, except in the rutting season, which occurs in October, when they join the herds, driving off the young males, and engaging in contests with. Fig. 144.âWemoriiOJciMS crispus. From Solater, List of Animals in Zoological Society's Gardens, 1883, p. 151. each other that often end fatally. The period of gestation is twenty weeks, when the female, beneath the shelter of a projectino- rock, produces one and sometimes two young. In summer the Chamois ascends to the limits of perpetual snow, being only out- stripped in the loftiness of its haunts by the Ibex; and during that season it shows its intolerance of heat by choosing such browsing grounds as have a northern exposure. Nemorhcedus.^âHorns rounded, gradually recurving, -without distinct hook at the end. Suborbital gland small or wanting â ears large; skull with a large lachrymal depression, and the premaxillee not quite reaching the nasals. Some nine species, ranging from the Eastern Himalayas to North China and Japan, and southwards 1 Hamilton-Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v. p. 352 (1827).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, A. and C. Black
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