. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. 336 BACKBONED Fig. 359. — Rocky Mountain sheep {Capra monta?ia). head (frontal) bone of the skull form the cores that are cov- ered by the horns, that are special de- velopments of the outer skin or epi- dermis. Goats and Sheep.—In the Rocky Mountain sheep, or big-horn (Fig- 359), the horns are extremely pow- erful. In the fe- male, the horns are straight, and similar to those of a goat. Their height at the shoulder is about three feet, and their weight three hundred and fifty pounds. They are now confined to the country west of the Missouri, and are f
. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. 336 BACKBONED Fig. 359. — Rocky Mountain sheep {Capra monta?ia). head (frontal) bone of the skull form the cores that are cov- ered by the horns, that are special de- velopments of the outer skin or epi- dermis. Goats and Sheep.—In the Rocky Mountain sheep, or big-horn (Fig- 359), the horns are extremely pow- erful. In the fe- male, the horns are straight, and similar to those of a goat. Their height at the shoulder is about three feet, and their weight three hundred and fifty pounds. They are now confined to the country west of the Missouri, and are fast becoming extinct. &bout forty varieties of the domestic sheep are known. Its origin is obscure, but it is possibly a ~"~ - descendant of an Asiatic sheep (Om's argali). The Bar- bary sheep, or Mou- flon, has soft hair' of a reddish tinge. From it and the Si- berian Argali spring the merino sheep of the East; their tails attain a weight of onehundred pounds, and have to be sup-. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company
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