Game Animals of India, etc. 



the Indian Museum in Calcutta differs from the 

 ordinary form by the uniformly dun-coloured hair ; 

 the skull being also distinguished by the relative 

 shortness of the face. On account of these differences 

 this bufFalo has been made the type of a distinct race 

 of the species, with the name of Bos buhalis fulvus. 



The observations of Mr. H. Storey^ seem to 

 indicate that the wild buffalo of the northern districts 

 of Ceylon is entitled to rank as a separate race, 

 although it has not received a distinctive name. After 

 stating that the horns are smaller and less regular in 

 form than those of the buffalo ot the Indian mainland, 

 Mr. Storey observes that, " In India they seem almost 

 all to curve boldly outward and upwards, finally 

 curving in towards each other at the points. In 

 Ceylon they are very irregular, and usually much 

 shorter, though occasionally they may be more massive 

 than Indian horns. The commonest form are those 

 curving outwards and upwards [in] crescent form, but 

 not with the bold, almost half-circular, sweep of the 

 Indian heads." 



Information is still required concerning the buffaloes 

 of the Malay Peninsula. The late Dr. Blanford in the 

 Fauna of British India stated that " some buffaloes are 

 also found in the wild state in Burma and the Malay 

 Peninsula, but it is uncertain whether they are not 

 descended from herds escaped from captivity." In 

 1907 the author had the opportunity of seeing a 

 photograph of two skulls, with the horns, brought by 

 a missionary from Singapore, which strongly suggest 

 that the Malay buffalo is a truly wild animal. 

 Although measurements are not available, in both 

 skulls, which appear to be those of cows, the size and 

 spread of the horns are as great as in good Assam 

 specimens. More remarkable still is the fact that 

 while the horns of one specimen are of the strongly 

 curved form regarded as the typical Bos bubalis, those 



1 Hunting and Shootitig in Cevloti, 1907. 



