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The Burmese Banting, B. s. birmannicns, exhibits less tendency 
for the bulls to be black. The usual color is dark brown, shading 
to light brown beneath. The face is gray-brown, with a chestnut 
band across it in front of the eyes. The cows are bright reddish 
at all stages. The height at the shoulder in bulls may be 5 feet 4 
inches. The maximum known spread of the horns is 34% 
inches. 
Under the specific name B. banting, Osgood has recorded 
specimens from Cochin-China, Laos, southern Annam, and 
Tonkin. 
The Kouprey, Gray Ox, or Indo-Chinese Forest Ox, 
Bibos sauveli, of Cambodia and Laos, has been known to science 
only for some fifteen years. It is astonishing that such a large 
animal should have escaped attention for so long. Its existence 
was first mentioned by a professional guide and hunter, De fosse. 
Later a living specimen was sent to the zoological gardens in 
Paris. This animal has been separated generically from Bibos 
under the name Novibos. 
The Kouprey is a large ox-like animal, distinguished by the 
manner in which the horns of the male become frayed at the 
tips, leaving 5 inches or so of the polished inner horn exposed. 
The horns are large, "curving backward, outward, and upward, 
with a slight backward inclination as in wild Yak." The height 
at the shoulder is about 5 feet 7 inches, cows being smaller. The 
spread across the horns may reach 33 inches. 
Though in some respects intermediate between the Gaur and 
the Banting, the Kouprey is not considered to be a hybrid. The 
short and glossy hair is generally colored blackish brown. There 
may be a white stripe along the middle of the hinder part of the 
back; the ears are blackish like the body, with a few white hairs. 
The underparts are lighter brown than the back. There are white 
stockings on the lower legs, with a dark stripe down the front 
of each foreleg. The tail is long, its bushy tip composed of 
mixed black and white hairs. There is a large dewlap. Dark 
