. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. UNGULATA : GOATS AND SHEEP. 103 Europe, belong to Southern Asia and to Africa, but mainly to Africa. Our so-called Mountain Goat (Fig. 107),' is an antelope. It inhabits the Rocky Mountain regions, has jet black horns, and is covered with long white hair. The Goats (Copra), and Sheep (Ovis), differ from all other hollow-horned ungulates in having the horns an- gular. The former have their horns extending upward and backward ; the Sheep have the horns directed back- ward, and then inclined spirally forward. Our only FIG. Mountain Sheep, or Big-
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. UNGULATA : GOATS AND SHEEP. 103 Europe, belong to Southern Asia and to Africa, but mainly to Africa. Our so-called Mountain Goat (Fig. 107),' is an antelope. It inhabits the Rocky Mountain regions, has jet black horns, and is covered with long white hair. The Goats (Copra), and Sheep (Ovis), differ from all other hollow-horned ungulates in having the horns an- gular. The former have their horns extending upward and backward ; the Sheep have the horns directed back- ward, and then inclined spirally forward. Our only FIG. Mountain Sheep, or Big-horn, Ouis monlana, Cuvier. wild species, the Mountain Sheep of the Rocky Moun- tains, is larger than any of our domestic varieties, and is remarkable for its very large 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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