Note 26 — THE ASIATIC STEPPES AND THEIR FAUNA.
Margaret R. Thomson translation
[Note 26] p. 116.—Ancestors of the cat and the goat.
It is very generally believed that our domestic cat is descended from the sacred Egyptian or Caffre cat (Felis caffra). See St. George Mivart’s monograph on the cat. Similarly, the breeds of domestic goat are often referred to the Pasang or Capra ægagrus, found in Crete, Asia Minor, Persia, &c. See a vivid essay by Buxton in his Short Stalks, entitled “The Father of all the Goats”.