3o6 , MOSTLY MAMMALS 



and of one or two spots on each side of the under-jaw, 

 as well as patches above the lateral hoofs ; but there may 

 also be white blotches on the neck and back, and in front 

 of the eyes, while more or less of white may appear on 

 the muzzle and the whole of the lower portion of the 

 limbs. The special interest attaching to these white 

 markings is that the spots on the sides of the face as 

 well as the gorget on the throat are also met with 

 among certain antelopes, such as the kudu and the bush- 

 bucks ; and from this it has been inferred that the anoa 

 is more nearly related to the antelopes than is any other 

 member of the ox tribe. Although this may be true to 

 a certain extent, the connection with the kudu tribe is 

 remote. 



According to the meagre accounts we at present possess 

 of the creature in its native haunts, the anoa dwells in 

 pairs on the elevated ground of the interior of Celebes, 

 where it passes most of its time in thick forests in the 

 neighbourhood of water. In associating in pairs it is 

 quite unlike all other wild cattle, with the possible excep- 

 tion of the Philippine tamarau ; and here again it presents 

 a resemblance to the kudu and bushbucks, which also 

 generally go about in pairs or small family parties. 



Examples of the anoa are but rarely seen alive in 

 England, although they do not appear very difficult to 

 procure. The first specimen exhibited in the London 

 Zoological Gardens was purchased in May, 1871, and a 

 second was obtained by exchange in June, 1880. Between 

 the latter date and 1896 (when the last complete list 

 of the animals in the menagerie was published) not a 

 single example of this very interesting little buffalo was 

 obtained. At Woburn Abbey the pair represented in the 

 accompanying photograph dwelt in a good-sized paddock 



