THE JUNGLY GAU 



71 



THE JUNGLY GAU. 



Bos Sylhetanm. (Cuv.) 



Further information is requisite to decide the specific 

 character of this animal. According to the opinion of 

 Col. Smith, (see ' Synopsis of the Species of Mammalia ' 

 in Griffith's Translation of Cuvier's Animal Kingdom,) it 

 is a mere variety of the Gayal (Bos Gaveeus) ; and 

 Mr. J. E. Gray, in his ' List of the Specimens of Mam- 

 malia in the Collection of the British Museum/ classes 

 it as a domestic variety of the same animal, but 

 Mr. Fred. Cuvier regards it as an entirely new species. 



The following account of the Jungly Gau (which is the 

 only one that has been published), is a translation from 

 the splendid folio work of Messrs. St. Hilaire and F. 

 Cuvier. 



This species of Ox, which is entirely new, appears to 



