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BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



FIG. 406. 



The Indian Buffalo, originally an inhabitant of South- 

 ern Asia, though an animal quite different from the 



docile ox, has, through 

 the agency of man, be- 

 come distributed as a 

 beast of burden, to the 

 Pacific on the east and 

 the Atlantic on the 

 West. Through neglect 

 it has become semi-wild 

 in many localities of 

 Southern Europe, yet it 

 may often be seen with a ring in its nose, slowly toiling 

 about the Italian towns, and even in the Campagna of 

 Rome. 



FIG. 407. 



Bos bi't bd lux. Buflalo. 



Bos grun'nietis. Yak. (-*.) 



The Yak (yak), or Grunting Ox, is found both wild 

 and domesticated in Central Asia. Its characteristics are 

 so modified by subjugation as to produce many tame 

 varieties ; but its great development of hairy covering 

 proves its adaptation to the colder climates. 



The Zebu is a beast of burden on the eastern coast of 



