THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



certain number of privileged bulls are specially protected by the Hindoos, and are al- 

 lowed to perambulate the bazaars of the Indian towns at will. In certain parts of 

 India humped cattle have run wild; those found on the seacoast near Nellore, in the 

 Carnatic, have been in' this state for a long period, and Jerdon describes them as be- 

 ing extremely shy and wild, their size being large and their horns long. 



Galla Cattle 



GAU.A BULI,. 

 (One-twenty-second natural size.) 



Humped cattle are also found in China, Africa, and Madagascar; 

 and Blyth was of opinion that the group might have had an African 

 origin. In Central Africa the humped cattle are represented by the Galla ox or 

 sunga, characterized by the enormous size and thickness of the horns, as shown in 

 the figure of the back of the skull on p. 762. In this breed the forehead of the skull 

 lacks the convexity characteristic-of the Indian humped cattle; and as the curvature 

 of the horns is somewhat similar, Professor Rutimeyer believes that the Galla ox is 

 most nearly related to the Asiatic banteng mentioned later on. 



