CAPRA )EGAGRUS. Gmelin, Blyth, Hutton.
Antilope gazella, Glut. C. hircus, . Gray.
Agoceros sagagrus, Pallas, Hircus gazelle, „ Wagner. Capra Blythi, Hume. Capra Caucasica, Gray.
Persian wild goat, . ENG. Borz, . . . . PUSIITU. 1 Pa-sang (male), . PERS.? Ter (male), Sera, Sum.
Boz (female), . . . „ Phashin, . . BALUCH.
This has five varieties, viz. :— Var. a. Capra sagagrus, Bach., lives in the highest Khassya mountains, where they are reared by the people. It has no wool, and is used for food.
Var. b. Capra mgagrus of Changra, Bach.
• C. mgagrus lanigera, Desm. I C. hircus, var., Deem. Shawl goat, . . . ENG I Cholay, . . . NEPAL. .Bouc de Cachemire, FR, Carajoo, . . . . Tuna.
Changra, . . . . lipp.
- This is domesticated' in Tibet, and the wool is exported to Kashmir, where it is made into the finest shawls. It has on the body a long coarse hair, intermixed with which is a fine soft wool, which is the article used in the manufacture.
Var. c. Capra imberbes, the Berbura, Bach. The Berbura goat is found to the west of the Jumna. Its female is the Berburi, and the Ben gali call it Ram Sagul. The body is very like the long-legged goat of the south of India ; in manners they are similar. The scrotum of the male externally is separated into two distinct bags.
Var. d. Tibetan goat of Ladakh ; has a short tail, and very short ears, scarcely two inches long, and concealed ; has long, soft, pendulous hair, but no wool.
Var. e. Tibetan goat of Ladakh ; has long, soft, pendulous hair, but no wool.
C. mgagrus, of the mountains of Asia, is believed to be the parent stock of all the goats, mingled perhaps with the C. Falconeri of India. The breeds greatly differ from each other, but they are fertile when crossed.—Darwin.