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The two species are distinguished as follows : — 



A. Hind-quarters well developed; colour brownish ; horns 



relatively long ; ears not concealed by mane B.honasus. 



B. Hind-quarters very low and weak ; colour blackish ; 



horns shorter ; ears buried in mane ; orbits more 



tubular B. bison. 



Y. BOS (BISON) BONASUS. 



Bos bonasus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 71, 1757, ed. 12, vol. i, p. 99, 

 1766 ; Badde, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 175 ; Satunin, Zool. Jahrb. 

 Syst. vol. ix, p. 104, 1896 ; Buxton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 64 ; 

 Westbtcrg, Arb. Ver. Biga, 1899, p. 1 ; Lydehher, The Ox and Its 

 Kindred, p. 209, 1912. 



Bos urus, Boddaert, Elenchus Anim. p. 150, 1788 ; Fischer, Synop. 

 Mamm. p. 497, 1839 ; Clermont, Quadr. and Bej)t. Eurojje, p. 144, 

 1859 ; Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. Paris, vol. xiii, p. 3, 1891 ; Ward, 

 Bccords of Big Game, p. 279, 1896; nee Linn. 1757 and 1766. 



Bos bison, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, p. 398, 

 1827; Sundevall, K. SvensJca Vet.-Ah. Handl. 1844, p. J 54', 

 1846 ; Blasius, Sdugethiere Deutschlands, p. 492, 1857, nee Linn. 



Bos (Bison) bison, H. Smith, Griffith's Ajiimal Kingdom, vol v 

 p. 373, 1827. 



Urus nostras, Bojanus, Nova Acta Acad. Cons. Leon. -Car. vol xiii 

 p. 413, 1827. 



Bison europaeus, Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 126 ; Biltimeyer, 

 Verh. Ges. -Basel, ser. 2, vol. iv, p. 339, 1865, Abh. schiueiz. iml. 

 Ges. vol. V, p. 139, 1878 ; DaioUns, Early Man in Britain, p. 98, 

 1880 ; Nehring, Tundren u. Stex>2Jen, p. 206, 1890 ; Schiemenz, 

 Biol. Centralblatt, vol. xvii, p. 479, 1897; nee Bos europaeus, 

 Giyielin. 



Bison bonassus, Gray, Knoivsley Menagerie, p. 48, 1850, Cat. TJngu- 

 lata Brit. Mus. p. 36, 1852, Cat. Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 14, 

 1872 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 229, 1862. 



Bison bonasus. Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. Surg. 

 pt. ii, p. 232, 1884; Bilchner, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. ser. 8* 

 vol. iii. No. 2, 1896; Westberg, Festschrift Ver. Riga, 1896', 

 p. 267, Arb. Ver. Biga, ser. 2, vol. viii, p. 1, 1899 ; Buxton, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 64; Vrublevskij, Mess. med. veterin. soz. St. 

 Peterb. vol. xix, p. 25, 1908, vol. xxi, p. 286, 1909 ; Greve, Bait, 

 weidm.-vet. vol. v, p. 361, 1909; Hilzheimer, Mitt. K. Nat.-l-ab. 

 Stuttgart, 1909, p. 252 ; Trouessart, Faune Mamm. Eurove 

 p. 243, 1910. ^ 



Bos (Bison) bonasus, Lydehher, Wild Oxen, Sheejp, and Goats, p. 64, 

 pi. V, 1898, Game Animals of Europe, etc. p. 115, 1901 ; Ward\ 

 Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 433, 1910. 

 Bonasus europaeus, Yermoloff, Smithsonian Inst. Rej). 1906, p. 345. 

 Bison : Zubr. 

 Typical locality probably Bielowitza, Lithuania. 

 Height at shoulder from 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches; 

 hind-quarters relatively high, pasterns long, tail reaching 



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