DWARF BUFFALO. 



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Height at the shoulder about 42 in. ; horns sHghtly compressed at 

 their bases, and directed upwards ; the head is remarkably long in 

 proportion to the body, which is compact and powerful, the limbs 

 short. 



Male, Adult. — Generally darker than the female (Du Chaillu) ; 

 horns greatly compressed from above downwards and broad at their 

 bases, which are transversed in unworn specimens by numerous 

 sharply-marked irregular ridges ; beyond these ridges the horns are 

 suddenly contracted into round smooth points, which are directed 

 upwards and sometimes boldly backwards. 



The basal portion of the horn in most adtdt specimens rises slightly 

 but decidedly from the horizontal upon leaving the skull ; in other 

 specimens, however, as for example in the type, the entire horn is 

 directed upwards ; length of horns round the curve about 21 in., their 

 diameter at the base 7 in. 



Female, Adult. — In the female the horns are much less com- 

 pressed at the base than in the male ; as in the male the direction of 

 the points of the horns is very variable ; length of horns round the 

 curve 17 in., their diameter at the base 4^ in. 



Range. — Western Equatorial, and the northern parts of Central 



Africa. 



Habitat — Africa. 



