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AND MODE OF LIFE. 



Mode of Life. 

 Partial to water and mud, swampy localities. 



Semi-aquatic in its habits, sometimes called the Water Buffalo. 

 Fond of wallowing in mire, and swims well. 



Lives much in the water, and feeds on aquatic plants. 



Ranges in mountain forests, and feeds on leaves and buds of trees. 



Migratory in its habits fond of bathing in marshy swamps. 



Lives chiefly on the woody banks of rivers feeds on bark of trees, 



lichens, and herbaceous plants. 

 Feeds on the short herbage peculiar to the tops of mountains and bleak 



plains. 

 Lives chiefly on rocky mountains. 



Delights in the deepest jungles feeds on leaves and shoots of brush- 

 wood. 



Lives entirely on woody-mountains feeds on shoots and shrubs. 



Half domesticated. 



Domesticated, and artificially fed. 



So completely domesticated, as to be subject to an endless variety of 

 diseases, and generally requires medical attendance. 



