FAUNA AMERICANA. 265 



Soc. Phil. Juin, 1816. Cuvier, Recherches siir 

 les Ossem. Foss. 1 edit. torn. iv. p. 59. pi. 3. fig. 9. 

 et 10. 



Char. Essent. Horns projecting from the sum- 

 mit of the head, very near to each other, very 

 broad at their base, curving (irst downwards, then 

 elevated laterally at the point ; no muzzle ; coat 

 composed of long woolly hair, of a deep brown 

 colour. 



Dimensions. Size of a heifer two years old. 



Description. (Male.) General aspect more 

 resembling a large sheep than an ox ; body and 

 head elongated; front very elevated, and furnish- 

 ed with a sort of mane of lonsr hairs diversins* 

 from a common centre and covering the roots of 

 the horns; the latter are black, smooth, wide, 

 touching at their base, then curving forwards and 

 rather downwards, applied to the sides of the 

 head, then elevated suddenly upwards and back- 

 wards ; ears short, receding, entirely covered with 

 soft thick hair ; eyes very small and widely sepa- 

 rate from each other, and very far from the end 

 of the nose, comprised in the first arch formed 

 by the horns ; nose or facial line very much elon- 

 gated, blunt as in the ram ; nostrils lateral and 

 small, placed nearer together than those of the 

 ox, but less near than those of the ram ; no muz- 

 zle ; mouth very small ; lips rather thick, the su- 

 perior offering no medial groove : legs strong and 



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