﻿44 
  On 
  new 
  Races 
  of 
  African 
  Ungulates. 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  relation 
  to 
  T. 
  s. 
  bur 
  wliich 
  T. 
  s. 
  punctaius 
  lias 
  to 
  

   the 
  Lake 
  Cliad 
  T. 
  s. 
  pictus. 
  

  

  Bubalus 
  caffer 
  hylaus, 
  subsp. 
  ii. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Molundu, 
  Djah 
  River, 
  S.E. 
  Camaroons. 
  

  

  Type. 
  ^ 
  adult. 
  Seuckenberg 
  Museum. 
  Journal 
  no. 
  79. 
  

   Original 
  no. 
  3042. 
  Collected 
  in 
  January 
  1911 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  

   Schultze. 
  (Skull.) 
  

  

  A 
  dwarfed 
  buffalo, 
  smaller 
  than 
  any 
  known 
  race. 
  

  

  Skull. 
  Most 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  B. 
  c. 
  diehli, 
  but 
  much 
  smaller 
  ; 
  

   orbital 
  region 
  narrower 
  and 
  orbits 
  less 
  projecting. 
  Facial 
  

   portion 
  comparatively 
  longer 
  and 
  much 
  narrower, 
  especially 
  

   muzzle. 
  

  

  Horns. 
  Very 
  small. 
  Palm 
  small, 
  flat, 
  almost 
  not 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  at 
  base, 
  directed 
  backwards 
  from 
  base, 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  in 
  

   B. 
  c. 
  diehli, 
  but 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  B. 
  c. 
  nanus. 
  Tips 
  much 
  longer 
  

   than 
  palm, 
  slender, 
  generally 
  in 
  or 
  below 
  level 
  of 
  frontal 
  

   profile, 
  directed 
  backwards 
  and 
  slightly 
  inwards 
  and 
  down- 
  

   wards 
  at 
  extreme 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  colour 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  (paratype 
  : 
  Journal, 
  nos. 
  443 
  (skin), 
  

   434 
  (skull) 
  ; 
  original 
  no. 
  3088) 
  is 
  deep 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

   (" 
  fawn'^ 
  no. 
  308.1) 
  above, 
  richer 
  and 
  clearer 
  on 
  flanks 
  and 
  

   below 
  ("bistre" 
  328.4) 
  ; 
  throat 
  orange-brown 
  ; 
  face 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  mixed 
  with 
  black. 
  A 
  distinct 
  black 
  neck-mane 
  

   present. 
  Fore 
  legs 
  from 
  shoulders, 
  hind 
  legs 
  from 
  below 
  

   thighs 
  black. 
  Shoulders 
  and 
  outside 
  of 
  thighs 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   black. 
  Tail 
  slightly 
  paler 
  than 
  back, 
  tip 
  black. 
  

  

  Dimensio7is 
  of 
  type 
  sknll. 
  Upper 
  length 
  378 
  mm.: 
  palatal 
  

   length 
  218; 
  postorbital 
  width 
  181 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  rostrum 
  acioss 
  

   premaxillse 
  75"5 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  nasals 
  136; 
  orbit 
  to 
  gnathion 
  

   209; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  tooth-row 
  117; 
  horns, 
  length 
  along 
  

   outer 
  curve 
  405, 
  greatest 
  width 
  350, 
  distance 
  of 
  tips 
  225, 
  

   greatest 
  diameter 
  of 
  palm 
  117. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  its 
  still 
  smaller 
  size, 
  this 
  buffalo 
  is 
  vvidely 
  

   different 
  from 
  B. 
  c. 
  7ianus, 
  whose 
  characters 
  and 
  locality 
  are 
  

   still 
  doubtful. 
  The 
  horns 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  race 
  are 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  nanus, 
  and 
  show 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  

   their 
  curious 
  inward 
  curvature. 
  

  

  Bubalus 
  caffer 
  adamauce, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Garua, 
  Benue 
  River, 
  Adamaua. 
  

  

  Tyi^e. 
  (5* 
  adult. 
  Senckenberg 
  Museum. 
  Journal 
  no. 
  389. 
  

   (Skull.) 
  

  

  A 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  section 
  of 
  B. 
  caffer, 
  allied 
  to 
  

   B. 
  c. 
  planiccros 
  and 
  B. 
  c. 
  beddingtoni. 
  

  

  