Abyssinian Buffalo 



lOI 



single lion would probably be unable tt) pull down unaidetl an old bull in 

 the prime ot his strength, one instance at least is on record where three ot 

 the telines have combined forces to effect their object. 



h. Abyssinian, or Bkown Race — Bos gaffer iEQUiNocTiALis 



Biibalus Cctjfcr (CCjuiiioctici/is^ Blyth, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1866, p. 371 ; 

 Pechuel-Loesche, Zoo/, 'yu/ir/'. Syst. vol. iii. p. 713, pi. xxvii. (1888). 



Bi(/)a/us piniii/w; oriciiht/is., Brooke, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1873, p. 483, pi. xlii. 



Fig. 18. — Skull ami horns of Abyssinian Buffalo. (Rowland Ward, Recoras of Big Gtime.) 



Bu/hi/i/s ceqiiinoctia/is., Brooke, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1875, p. 457 ; Pousargues, 

 AiDi. Sci. Nat. Zoo/, ser. 7, vol. iv. p. 87 (1897). 



Bos aqiiinoxici/is, Huet, Bi///. Soc. Acc/im. Paris, vol. xxxviii. p. t^t.j 

 (1891). 



Bos centra/ is. Ward, Records of Big Ga/ik\ p. 265 (1896), nee Gray, 

 1872. 



C/iaracters. — Size smaller than in the preceding, the height at the 

 shoulder being about 4 feet. Hair coarse, and often somewhat scanty, longest 

 along the ridge of the back and under surface of the head. General colour 

 uniform blackish or tawny-brown, slightly tinged with rufous on the sides 



