Zebu 19 



Surv. Lh/.), ser. 10, vol. i. p. 95, pi. >i (1878), Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Miis. 

 pt. ii. p. 22 (1885) ; Rlitimeyer, Abh. schweiz. pal. Gcs. vol. v. p. 176 (1878). 



Bos (JJriis) namadiciis. Falconer, Quart. Joi/rn. Geo/. Soc. vol. xxi. p. 381 

 (1865). 



Characters. — Typically very closely allied to the European wild ox, of 

 which Rlitimeyer suggested it was only a local race, but in some instances 

 the horn-cores more or less flattened at the base, and thus approximating to 

 the bibovine type. From this feature I was formerly led to hazard the 

 conjecture that the Narbada ox was the ancestor of the latter group, but it 

 is extremely doubtful whether such a view can be maintained, although 

 there is probably a near relationship between the two. 



Distribution. — Southern India during the Plistocene epoch. Remains 

 of this species have been found in association with chipped stone imple- 

 ments. The dying out of this taurine ox and its replacement by the 

 bibovine group would appear a most extraordinary feature, were it not 

 tor the circumstance that the latter appears to be represented in the 

 Narbada deposits. 



3. The Zebu, or Humped Ox — Bos indicus 



Bos iiuiicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 99 (1766) ; Blanford, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind. — Ma mm. p. 48:; (1891). 



Bos pusio, Swainson, C/assif. Quadrupeds., p. 28^ (i8'55). 



Bos dante. Gray., Cat. Ungu/ata Brit. Mus. p. 22 (1852), Cat. Ruminants 

 Brit. Mus. p. 9 (1872). 



Zebus gibbosus, Blyth, "Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxix. p. 282 

 (i860). 



Bibos indicus, Rlitimeyer, Denkschr. sc/i-weiz. Ges. vol. xxii. art. ■^, p. 170 

 (1867), Ab/i. scbiceiz. pal. Ges. vol. v. p. 189 (1878). 



Bos zebu, Blanford, Zoo/. Abyssinia, p. 272 (1870). 



