. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORNED ANIMALS—ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. 489 The Buffalo is relatively more profitable to Man than our domestic Ox, as it requires next to no care and is satisfied with food which all other domestic animals disdain. In marshy localities it is highly useful in tilling the fields also, for what it lacks in intelligence it more than compensates by its enor- mous strength. The flesh of the adult Buffalo is not eaten, at least by white Men of other than its native
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORNED ANIMALS—ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. 489 The Buffalo is relatively more profitable to Man than our domestic Ox, as it requires next to no care and is satisfied with food which all other domestic animals disdain. In marshy localities it is highly useful in tilling the fields also, for what it lacks in intelligence it more than compensates by its enor- mous strength. The flesh of the adult Buffalo is not eaten, at least by white Men of other than its native countries, on account of its toughness and the odor of musk which clings to it. The flesh of the calves is said to be very good, however, and their fat to be almost equal to pork in taste and The strong hide yields excellent leather and durable and useful articles of main- kinds are made from the horns. formerly sometimes classified with the Antelopes, sometimes with the Goats. Description of the The Rocky Mountain Goat, called Rocky Mountain Nane by the Canadians (Aploccrus Goat. tnontanus or americanus ). has the gen- eral shape of a domestic Goat, but appears sturdier and shorter-necked in consequence of its rich, long fleece, though the body itself must be considered slender. The head is elongated, the eye is large, and the ears are moderately large and sharply pointed. The short tail is bushy on the upper surface and the sides; the legs are sturdy and look still more so because of their profuse covering of hair. The hoofs, the upper parts of which are covered with wiry hair, do not differ materially from those of wild. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT.— shaped much like that of a domestic Goat, bu are very lively, agile and wary animals. {Afh The Natural Ene- The Buffalo has enemies which mies of the might prove fatal to it only in India Buffalo. and perhaps in Persia. It is prob- ably rarely the case that a pack of Wolves attack a Buffalo in the Danube country, a
Size: 1999px × 1250px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmammals, bookyear1895
