Bubaline Group 93 



Distribution. — The mountainous districts of Southern Mexico and 

 Northern Nicaragua, it is said, during the Phocene period. 



V. Bubaline Group — Sub-Gen(is Bubalus 



Bithahis, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom^ vol. v. p. 371 (1827), 

 as a sub-genus; Gray, Cat. Ungiilata Brit. Mas. p. 23 (1852). 



Aiioa, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom., vol. v. p. t^SS {^^-7)-> 

 as a sub-genus; Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mi/s. p. 29 (1852). 



Bi/ffAi/s, Riitimeyer, Ferli. Ges. Basel, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 334 (1865), 

 Dcnksclir. sclrweiz. Ges. vol. xxii. part 2, art. 3, p. 52 (1867), Ahli. scliweiz. 

 pal. Ges. vol. V. p. 189 (1878) ; Matschie, Sdi/getli. deiitsch. Ost.-Afrika, 

 p. 107 (1896). 



Prolnthi/las, Riitimeyer,^ Verli. Ges. Basel, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 334 (1865), 

 Denkselir. sclnceiz. Ges. vol. xxii. part 2, art. 3, p. 52 (1867), A6I1. 

 sclnceiz. pal. Ges. vol. v. p. 122 (1878). 



Hemihos, Riitimeyer, Denkselir. scliweiz. Ges. vol. xxii. part 2, art. ::;, 

 p. 22 (1867) ; Falconer and Cautley, in Falconer's Pal. Mem. vol. i. p. 456 

 (1868). 



Amphibos, Riitimeyer, Denkselir. selnceiz. Ges. vol. xxii. part 2, art. 3, 

 p. 29 (1867), Abb. scliweiz. pal. Ges. vol. v. p. 147 (1878) ; Falconer 

 and Cautley, in Falconer's Pal. Mem. p. 547 (1868). 



Peribos, Lydekker, Pal. bid. [Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. i. 

 p. 141 (1878). 



Cliaracters. — Build generally massive ; neck short ; muzzle broad ; hair 

 more or less sparse, leaving the skin in old age nearly bare; feet and hoofs 

 large and broad ; and the tail of moderate length, with a terminal tuft of 

 variable size. Horns usually large and massive, angulated, and more or 



1 This name was suggested for the aiioa, together with Hemibus sivalemis { = triquetrhornis) and 

 Ampl:ibos ticuticornii, but as neither of these two latter were then described, it must be typified by the 

 Celebes buffalo, and is thus a synonym of" the earlier Auoa. 



