66 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Q.— Bos eaffer planiceros. 



Bubalue planiceros, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 157 ; Benshaiu 

 ibid. 1904, ii, p. 130; MatscJiie, Sitzhei'. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1906, 

 pp. 161, 174. 



Bubalus centralis, Gray, Cat. Ruyyiinants Brit. Mus. p. 11, 1872 

 Hand-List Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 11, 1873; Matschie, Siiuge- 

 thieve Togogehietes, p. 19, 1893, Sitzber. Ges. 7iat. Freunde, 1906, 

 p. 162 ; Fousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, p. 87, 

 1897. 



Bos eaffer planiceros, Lydehlier, Wild Oxen, SJieej), and Goats, p. 103, 

 1898, Game Animals of Africa, p. 73, 1908, The Ox and Its 

 Kindred, p. 241, 1912, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 235 ; Ward, 

 Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 424, 1910. 



Bos pumilus, Brehm, Tierleben, ed. 3, Sdugeth. vol. iii, p. 320, fig. 

 1891, nee Turton. 



Sjncerus planiceroe, Hollister, Froc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 xxiv, p. 193, 1911. 



Syncerus centralis, Hollister, loc. cit. 



Typical locality probably Gambia, see Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1913, p. 240 ; from Gambia the range extends into Sierra 

 Leone. 



Adult bulls dark, younger bulls and cows red or tawny ; 

 an orange tawny band on the throat of both sexes, and a 

 similarly coloured patch below the ear. Horns curving 

 regularly, with a considerable lateral expansion. 



91. 1. 8. 1. Frontlet and horns of old bull. Probably 

 from Gambia. Type. The tips of the horns are so w^orn 

 down that they are quite blunt and rounded, while the 

 rugosities on the palm are much abraded. 



Exchanged with King's College, London, 1891. 



65. 3. 30. 1. Skull of a younger bull, wanting the lower 

 jaw, with the 'right horn. Type of B. ccntrcdis. West Africa ; 

 collected by Dalton (not, as stated Ijy Gray in his Hand-List, 

 1873, Dr. Baikie). Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Frennde, 

 1906, p. 162, incorrectly states that B. centralis was based on 

 an Atbara buffalo. Purchased^ 1865. 



11. 2. 16. 1. Mounted head. Upper Gambia. The 

 horns agree very closely with those of the preceding 

 specimen. Fresented. by G. Femvick Owen, Esq^., 1901. 



11. 6. 10. 112. Skull, with horns, and skin. Upper 

 Gambia. The general colour is dark chocolate-brown, with 

 the fetlocks and tail-tip l)lack. Same historg. 



