32 Oxen 



Bos sylhetaniis, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamni. pis. 418, 419 (1824). 



Bos {Bison) gavcvus, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom^ vol. iv. 

 p. 406, V. p. 375 (1827). 



Vrus gaviViis., Swainson, Classif. QuaJriipcds, p. 280 (1835). 



Bison sy/hctaniis, Jardine, Naturalist's Library — Mainm. vol. iv. p. 257 

 (1836). 



Bihos frontalis. Gray, List Mannn. Brit. Mus. p. 151 (1843), Cat. 

 Ungnlata Brit. Mus. p. 31 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 1:5 (1872). 



Gavceiis frontalis., Hodgson, ""fourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvi. p. 706 

 (1847); Horsfield, Cat. E. hid. Mus. p. 179 (1851); Blyth, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Bengal, vol. xxix. p. 294 (i860) ; Sterndale, Manim. India, p. 486 

 (1884). 



Bibos gavceus, Rlitimeyer, £)t'/';/('jY7/;-. scliicriz. Gcs. vol. xxii. art. 3, p. 170 

 (1867), Abb. sclrweiz. pal. Gcs. vol. v. p. 189 (1878). 



Plate IL 



Characters. — Generally very similar to those of the preceding species, 

 but the size smaller, the limbs relatively shorter, the dorsal ridge somewhat 

 less prominent, the dewlap always well developed, and the skull and horns 

 of a markedly diffisrent type. The head is decidedly shorter, having almost 

 a triangular form, with the region of the forehead perfectly flat, and the 

 ridge on the summit between the bases of the horns forming a horizontal 

 straight line ; the horns themselves are blackish in colour from base to tip, 

 and are but very slightly curved, inclining outwards and more or less 

 upwards, but with no inward bending ; in the skull the nasal bones are 

 decidedly shorter than those of the gaur. Hair somewhat longer than in 

 the latter, and the colour distinctly darker, the head and body being dark 

 blackish-brown in both sexes, and the legs from above the knees and hocks 

 to the hoofs pure white or yellowish. Although the domesticated race — 

 apparently the only one of which entire specimens are known — is usually 



