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38 MAMMALIA. 
tt Tarsi short, hinder quarters very low. 
2. Bison AMERICANUS. The AMERICAN Bison. 
Crown with long, crisp hair (in all seasons). The fur dark 
brown ; hair of head and shoulders elongate, crisp. Tarsus short, 
hinder quarters very low. Body and tarsus in winter covered 
with long hair, in summer nearly naked, except in front of body 
and head. 
Bos Bison, Linn. S. N. i. 99; Eral. Syst. 233; Schreb. Saugth. 
t. 299 ; Blumb. Handb. 121. | 
Bos Bison Americanus, H. Smith, Griffith A. K.v.895; Fischer, 
Syn. 653; Sundevall, Pecora, 203; Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. 
Soc. Beng. x. 1841, 912. 
Bos Americanus, Gmelin, S. N.i. 204; Cuvier, Dict. Sct. Nat. 
v. 24; Reg. Anim. i. 270; Ossem. Foss. iv. 117. t. 11; Desm. 
Nowv. Dict. H. N. iii. 531; Mamm. 496; Ency. Meéth. t. 55. 
f.3; Fischer, Syn. Mam. 495, 653; Desmoul. Dict. Class. H. 
N. ii. 365 ; Cuvier & Geoff. Mam. Lith. t.; Richardson, Fauna 
Bor. Amer. i. 279; Sabine, Frank. Journey, 668; H. Smith, 
Griffith A. K. iv. 401.t. ,v. 895; Pallas, Zool. Ross. Asiat. 
i. 242; Owen, Brit. Fossil Mam. 
Bison Americanus, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 49; Turner, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1849. 
Taurus Mexicanus, Hernand. Mex. 587. fig. (1651). 
Taureau Sauvage, Hennipen, Nouv. Découv. i. 186. fig. (1699). 
Taurus Ouivirensis, Nieremb. Hist. Nat. 181. fig. from Hernand. 
Tauri vacceeque Quivire, Fernand. Anim. 10. 
Tauri novi orbis, Nieremb. Hist. Nat. 182. 
Armenta, Lact. Amer. 303. fig. from Hernand. 
Urus Bison f. indicus, Bison Catesbeji, Klein, Quad. 13. 
Bison, Ray, Syn. Quad. 71; Pennant, Arct. Zool.i.1; Long, 
Exped. ii. 68. 
Buffelo, Laws. Carol. 115. fig.; Brick. North Carol. 107. fig. 
Buffalo, Catesby, Carol. App. 27. fig. App. t. 20; Harmon. 
Journey, 415; Franklin, First Journey, 113 (110. fig. of Buf- 
falo Pound). 
Beeuf du Canada, Charlev. Nouv. Fr. iii. 131. 
American Oxen, Dobb’s Hudson’s Bay, 41. 
American Bison, Shaw, Zool. ii. 394. t. 206, 207 ; Knight, Mus. 
Anim. Nat. f. 759-762. 
American Bull, Penn. Syn. 8. t. 2. f. 2. 
American Wild Ox or Bison, Warden’s United States, i. 248. 
Bison (d’Amérique), Buffon, H. N. Supp. iii. 64.t.5; F. Cuvier, 
Mam. Lithog.t. , adult, young, and very young. 
Bison, Miiller, Magaz. i. 186; Bewick, Hist. Quad. 43. fig. 
