100 CATALOGUE OF UNCJULATES 



VOL. II 



Genus B U B A L I S (p. 3). 



II. BUBALIS MAJOR (p. G). 



A.— Bubalis major major. 



Bubalis major major, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Naf. if/sf. ser. 8, vol. xiii, 

 p. 33, 1914. 



General characters those of the species. Includes most 

 of the specimens catalogued in vol. ii, pp. 7, 8, with the 

 exception of those from northern Nigeria. 



B.— Bubalis major invadens. 



Bubalis major iaAadens, Schwarz, Atdi. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. xiii, p. 33, 1914. 



Typical locality Garua, Benue Valley, Adamaua, Nigeria. 



Type in Senckenberg Museum, Trankfurt-am-Main. 



Horns stouter than in typical race, with the long tips 

 slightly divergent or parallel, and less twisting in the middle 

 of the length ; frontal region of skull slightly convex, but 

 less bent upwards ; jugal mainly deep, but its front border 

 not squared, and passing imperceptibly into the masseteric 

 crest of the maxilla. 



Nos. 13. 8. 8. 3 and 95. 8. 25. 1-3, together with the 

 other northern Nigerian specimen catalogued in vol. ii, p. 7, 

 belong to tliis race. 



C— Bubalis major matschiei. 



Bubalis major matschiei, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. xiii, p. 34, 1914. 



Typical locality Kpandu district, Togoland. 

 Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-ani-]\Iain. 

 Horns very large and expanded, with markedly divergent 

 tips, and the angle formed by them with tlic short, strongly 



