The writer desires to acknowledge his indebtedness for assistance in the
preparation of the above article to Mr. Charles Arthur Moore, Jr., to Mr.
Andrew J. Stone, to Dr. J. A. Allen, to Mr. Charles H. Townsend, to Mr.
Wilfrid H. Osgood, and to members of the Geological Survey, notably Mr.
A. H. Sylvester.
MEASUREMENTS.
Four goat killed in the Schesley Mountains of British Columbia, in
August, 1902, and measured with extreme accuracy, ran as follows:
No. 43. No. 44. No. 57. No. 60.
inches inches inches inches
Total length, end of nose
to end of tail vertebra 61 65 57 66
Tail vertebra 7 8 6 7-1/2
Tarsus 13-1/2 14 13 14-1/2
Height at shoulder 40-1/2 39 36 43
No. 57 was about a half-grown animal.
No. 60 was the largest specimen and its estimated weight was over 400
pounds.
Detail measurements in millimeters of No. 60[C] are as follows:
End of nose to lower corner of right eye 220
End of nose to base of ear 297
End of nose to base of right horn 265
Width of head just over eyes 147
Width of nose above nostril 65
Width of nostril 81
Greatest depth of head 193
Depth of nose 156
Depth of chin 119
Between the eyes 110
Circumference of horn at base 153
Length of horn 260
Width between point of horns 210
Length of ear 150
Width of ear 65
Length of beard 110
Length of front foot 83
Width of front foot 72
Extreme width of dew claws outside 80
Length of front of front hoof 52
Hind foot, length 71
Hind foot, width 72
Length of dew claw 52
Width of dew claws 34
[C] No. 60 is goat shown on page 10.
MEASUREMENTS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT HORNS IN INCHES.
Four large specimens in the United States National Museum, Washington, D.
C., selected and measured by Madison Grant on February 4, 1905, gave the
following dimensions:
Right. Left.
[M] 10 9-3/4 Lake Chelan, Washington.
[F] 8-1/2 8-1/2 " "
[F] 8-5/8 8-1/4 Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho.
[F] 7-5/8 7-3/4 " "
Fifteen specimens in the American Museum of Natural History, New York
City, were measured by Dr. J. A. Allen, with the following result:
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