The Gayal, or Mithaii 



from which it differs by the shorter limbs, the somewhat 

 less elevation of the dorsal ridge, the great development 

 of the dewlap, and the form of the skull and horns. 

 In place ot the arched ridge between the horns and 

 the concave profile of the typical gaur, we have in the 

 gayal a straight line on the vertex of the skull between 

 the widely separated horns, while the entire forehead is 



Fig. 7. — Skull and Horns of a Bull Gayal from Tenasserini, in the collection of 

 Mr. A. O. Hume. 



flat and of great relative width and shortness. The 

 horns, too, which are blackish, more or less mingled 

 with yellowish, show only a slight curvature, inclining 

 outwards and somewhat upwards, without trace of a 

 terminal inward sweep. In the skull (fig. 7), the 

 marked shortness of the nasal bones torms a notable 

 point of distinction from the gaur. As regards colour, 

 the gayal is distinctly darker than its relative, the whole 



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