44 MAMMALIA. 
OstroLtocy. Skull, t. 5. f. 1, 2. 
Bos moschatus, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. t. 10. f. 15-17, t. 13. f. 3, 
8, t. ll. f. 1, 4; Pallas, Nov. Comm. Petrop. xvii. t. 17; 
Schreb. Saugth. t. 3028; Hermann, Naturf. xix. t. 5. 
Boeuf Musque, Buffon, H. N. Supp. vi. t. 3. 
Skull and horns. 
Skull and horns, imperfect. 
Var. 1. Subfossil. North-west Coast, America. 
Bos Pallasii, Dekay, Ann. Lyc. N. York, uu. 6; Siebel, Fauna 
der Vorwelt, i. 154. 
Bos canaliculatus, Fischer, Nouv. Mem. Acad. Nat. Moscou, 1834, 
ili. 287; Oryct. Moscou, 116. 
Bos moschatus, Pallas, Nov. Comm..Petrop. xvu. t. 17; Eze- 
retskowsky, Mem. Acad. Petersb. ii. 215. t. 6; Cuvier, Oss. 
Poss, sy.-100. 4.3. f.3, 8, t: TYE 1; 4: 
B. moschatus 8. fossilis, Fischer, Syn. Mam. 494. 
8. BuDORCAS. 
Muzzle hairy, with a small naked muffle only edging the nos- 
trils; ears narrow, poimted. The fur (in summer at least) con- 
sists of short, harsh, adpressed hair. The tail is short, very de- 
pressed and hairy, like the tail of a goat. The head is large and 
heavy. The lips taper, and are clad with hair, like sheep. The 
nostrils are wide and terminal. The horns are round, smooth, 
lunate; they are nearly in contact on the top of the head; their 
direction is vertically upwards, then horizontally outwards or to 
the sides, and then almost as horizontally backwards. The limbs 
short and straight; the hoofs broad. Skull, t. 5. f. 3, 4. 
Budorcas, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1850; Gray, 
Knowsley Menag.; Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849. 
Nemorheedus, sp., Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849. 
Mr. Hodgson observes, “ The Takin is the nearest ally to the 
-Gnoos, but has various points of stronger connection with Musk 
Oxen. Horns are on the highest part of the forehead, as in the 
Ox and Sheep, though not, as in them, at the posteal termina- 
tion of the head, for the encephalon of our animal is spread be- 
hind its horns, in the manner of the Deer and Antelopes, but 
more restrictedly. The horns are attached, not to the lateral 
margins of the frontal crest, as in the Ox, but to its superior 
surface, as in the Antelopes, Goats, and Sheep. The horns are 
nearly in contact on the top of the head, but without actual 
touching ; their direction is vertically wowards, then horizontally 
outwards or to the sides, then almost as horizontally backwards. 
Lips are both taper and clad with hair, almost as much as in 
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