MAMMALIA— BUFFALO. 



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The specimen figured below, is remarkable only for the number of its 

 horns. The lateral, or true horns, rise from their usual point of attach- 

 ment, and describe a spiral curve round the animal's ears. The accessory 



horns, two in number, take their origin more internally, and between the 

 others, and pass almost directly upwards, inclining, as they advance, in 

 a direction forwards and outwards. 



THE CAPE BUFFALO. i 



This animal is called by the Hottentots, quaraho. It has dark and rugous 

 horns, spreading horizontally over the summit of the head, in the shape 

 of a scalp, with the beams bent down laterally, and the points turned up. 

 The animal is about nine feet in length, with a deep brown fur. They live 

 in small herds in brushwood, and open forests, in Caffraria, occasionally 

 uniting in droves upon the plains. They are excited to madness by the 

 sight of red colors, and swim with great force. Since the settlement of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, they have become scarce in that neighborhood. 



1 Bos coffer, Desm. The genus Bos has eight lower incisors; no canines; twelve 

 upper and twelve lower molars. Body memhers strong; head large; forehead straight; 

 muzzle square; eyes large ; ears generally funnel shaped; a fold of the skin or dewlap 

 on the under side of the neck ; four mammce; tail long and tufted ; horns simple, conical, 

 round, with different inflections, but often directed laterally, and the points raised. 



