Siwalik Buffalo 



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Buhalus sivakiisis, RLitimeyer, Ah/i. sc/iwe/z. pal. Ges. vol. v. p. 138 

 (1878). 



C/hiriu-fers.- —AW'ied to the Indian buffalo, but with the forehead nearly 

 riat, and the horn-cores, which are perfectly triangular in section, more widely 

 separated at their bases, set much more obliquely on the forehead, situated 

 more in advance of the plane of the occiput, and with their front face in 



Fio. 24.. — Restored skull ot the Siwalik Buffalo. 



the plane of the forehead. The horn-cores tapering regularly and rapidly, 

 and directed upwards, outwards, and somewhat inwards, in a symmetrical 

 curve. In correlation with the position of the horn-cores, the occipital 

 surface of the skull is more distinct from the ridge between the horn-cores 

 than is the case in the living Indian buffalo. The approximate span of the 

 horn-cores in the type specimen is 29 inches. 



This well-marked species is represented by a somewhat imperfect skull 

 in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (fig. 24), and a still more imperfect 

 one in the British Museum. 



