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tapering, pressed downwai'ds against the sides of the head, and bent 

 up at the tips ; of the female subcylindrical, curved, far apart on 

 the sides of the forehead. Tail rudimentary, very short, entirelj- 

 hidden by the fur of the haunches. Hoofs broad, apices reflcxed. 

 (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 43, t. 5. f. 1-4, and t. 6, skulls of males 

 and females.) 



1. Ovibos moschatus. (The Musk-Ox.) B.M. 



Ovibos moschatus, Gray, Cat. Untird. B. M. p. 43, t. 5. f 1,2 (skull, 

 male), t. 6 ; Baird, Mamm. Noith Amer. p. 631, f. 



Hah. North America. The barren lands in lat. 60° north, 



2. BUDORCAS. 



Muzzle hairy, with a small naked muflBe edging the nostrils. Ears 

 narrow, pointed. The fur (in summer, at least) consists of short, 

 harsh, adpressed hair. The tail is short, very depressed and hairy, 

 like the tail of a goat. The head is large and heavy. The lips taper, 

 and are clad with hair, like sheep. The nostrils are wide and ter- 

 minal. The horns are round, smooth, lunate ; they are nearly in 

 contact on the top of the head ; their direction is vertically upwards, 

 then horizontally outwards or to the sides, and then almost as hori- 

 zontally backwards. The limbs short and straight ; the hoofs broad. 

 Intermaxillaries moderate, not reaching the nasals. Nasals very high 

 up the hinder edge, level with the orbits. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. 

 p. 44, t. 5. f. 3, 4, skull.) 



1. Budorcas taxicolj/. (The Takin.) B.M. 



Budorcas taxicola. Gray, Cat. Ihu/ul. B. M. p. 4o, t. 5. f. .3, 4 (skull) ; 

 P. Z. S. 1853, pi. 36 ; Anderson, 'P. Z. S. 1869, p. 470. 



Hah. Eastern Himalaya. Lives among the snow, seldom seen 

 below it. In pairs, or small herds of twenty or more (Anderson). 



Fam. 7. SAIGADtE. 



Nostrils open, bald within, placed on the side of the high, com- 

 pressed, truncated, hairy nose. Crumen distinct. Horns over the 

 orbits, lyrate, annulated, pale yellow. Fur very thick. Tail short. 

 False hoofs well developed. Skull : nose-hole verj- large, reachijig 

 to nearly the orbits ; intennaxillaries short ; no lachrj-mal fissure, 

 and a shallow impressed suborbital fossa ; molars without additional 

 lobe. Asia. 



