Narbada Buffalo 127 



d. Narbada Race — Bos bubalis pal^-indicus [Extinct) 



Bos piil(ri/hlicits\ Falconer, Cat. Foss. Vert. As. Soc. Bc/igci/, p. 230 (1859), 

 Pa/. Mem. vol. i. p. 280, pi. xxii. (1868). 



Biijfeii/s pci/ieithhci/s, Riitimeyer, Verh. Ges. Base/., ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 3-^4 

 (1865), Denksc/ir. sc/iwe/z. Ges. vol. xxii. part 2, art. 3, p. 52 (1867), A/^/i. 

 sc/iweiz. pa/. Ges. vol. v. p. 189 (1878). 



Bu/ni/its pa/ivindicus^ Lydekker, Pa/, hid. {Mem. Geo/. Si/rv. I//d.), ser. 10, 

 vol. i. p. 132, pi. xix. (1878) ; Riitimeyer,^/;//. sc/nveiz. pa/. Ges. vol. v. 

 p. 141 (1878). 



Bu/ni/iis namadicus., Dawkins, Cave Hunting, p. 428 (1874), nee Bos 

 uamadiciis. Falconer, 1859. 



Bu/ia/its /niffe/us pa/c^indici/s, Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mas. 

 pt. ii. p. 28 (1885). 



C/iaracters. — Very close to the typical race, but of larger dimensions, 

 with a more convex forehead, and the horns apparently always directed 

 to a great extent outwardly. In the horn-cores themselves the transverse 

 section is also somewhat different, tending to become quadrangular, instead 

 of being strictly triangular. 



Distribution. — India during the Plistocene period; found typically in 

 the ossiferous gravels of the Narbada river, but also occurring in those 

 of the Godavari and Pem Ganga. Buffalo skulls discovered in the top- 

 most Siwalik rocks of the Punjab probably also belong to the same form. 



e. European Race — Bos bubalis pallasi [Extinct) 



Bos pa//asii, Baer, Foss. Mamm. Prussia, p. 27 (1823). 



Buba/us pa//asii, Romer, Zeitschr. deutsch. geo/. Ges. vol. xxvii. p. 435, 

 pi. xi. (1875) ; Riitimeyer, Verh. Ges. Base/, vol. vi. p. 320 (1875), A/^/i. 

 sc/iweiz. pa/. Ges. vol. v. p. 143 (1878). 



