IBEX

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 16
(Lat. a wild goat.) The name is restricted to a species of goat; the Copra. Ibex of Linmeus, Bouquet in of Buffon and the French naturalists. It is characterized by having large horns, with a flattened anterior surface, and marked with prominent transverse ridges or knots. It inhabits the summits of the highest mountain chains in the continents of Europe, Africa, and Asia, but does not exist in the New World. [s. 600]
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