Game Animals of India, etc. 



gradually passing into black at the tips. Horns of 

 2S inches and over along the curve may be regarded 

 as fine ; the " record " specimen having a length of 

 46 inches along the outer curve, with a basal circum- 

 ference of 20^ and a tip-to-tip interval of 33 inches. 

 This specimen came from the Malay States, and is 

 therefore referable to the race locally known as Seladang. 

 The next best, with a length of 44^^ inches, belongs to 

 the Burmese race ; while the third, with a length of 

 43^ inches, is a typical Indian gaur from Travancore. 



Regarding other features of the bull gaur, it may 

 be mentioned that while ears are relatively large and 

 spreading, the tail is comparatively short, only just 

 reaching the hocks ; and the dewlap in most Indian 

 specimens is but slightly developed, although larger 

 in some from Travancore, and always more distinct in 

 the Burmese race. A marked character is the strong 

 development ot the dorsal ridge, and its sudden termi- 

 nation in a step about midway between the shoulders 

 and the root of the tail. The general colour of the short 

 and sleek hair, which becomes very sparse on the back 

 of aged bulls, is olive-brown, tending almost to black ; 

 on the under-parts it becomes paler, but is golden brown 

 at the points of origin of the legs ; the forehead, from 

 between the eyes across the horn-crest, and so on to 

 the nape of the neck, is ashy grey, in some instances 

 passing into whitey brown or dirty white ; the muzzle 

 is pale slate-coloured ; and the lower portions of the 

 limbs, from above the knees and hocks downwards, are 

 typically pure white. The iris of the eye is, in both 

 sexes, light blue. In cows and young bulls the general 

 hue is rather paler, in some cases, especially during 

 winter and in dry and open districts, tending to rufous. 

 Calves are stated to show a dark dorsal streak. The 

 horns of cows (fig. 4) are smaller, thinner, and less 

 expanded than those of bulls. The longest pair of 

 gaur horns definitely recorded as those of a cow are 

 from Travancore, and are represented in the annexed 



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