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In article <1992Nov20.111731.3403@odin.diku.dk> klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) writes:
>velde2@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Francois Velde) writes:
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>>Steiermark, Vert, a goat clymant Argent, armed and tongued Gules. 
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>Are you sure this is a goat? I have seen it used as an example of
>the heraldic panther. (The panther, like the tyger, is a monster.
>They are not at all like the real-life animals with similar names.)

Right you are. I blazoned this one from sight, and the illustration in
the encyclopedia was not very clear: it looked like a goat.

It's indeed a panther, which Neubecker defines as the body of a lion, 
the head of a bull, the front legs of a griffon, and the hind legs of an ox.
It also throws flames out of its mouth and ears.  Neubecker states that it
is peculiar to Steiermark (Styria) and the area around Konstanz (Constance).

The Oxford Guide to Heraldry has a very different representation of a panther,
closer to the animal by that name, with spots. This may be a divergence of
English and continental usage.
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	Francois Velde