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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



some instances have a rufous tinge, which, according to Mr. Blanford, is most 

 marked in individuals inhabiting dry and open districts. The color of the horns is 

 some shade of pale green or yellow throughout the greater part of their length, but 

 the tips are black. 



The gaur appears to be the tallest of all the oxen, old bulls sometimes reaching 

 as much as six feet (eighteen hands) at the shoulder, or even, it is said, exceeding 

 these dimensions by an inch or more. The more usual height is, however, from five 

 feet eight inches to five feet ten inches; while the cows do not exceed five feet. Mr. 



BULL GAUR. 

 (One-twenty-first natural size.) 



Blanford gives the average size of the horns of bull gaur as from twenty to twenty- 

 four inches along the outer curve; but specimens have been recorded with a 

 length of thirty-nine inches and a basal girth of nineteen inches. The girth has, 

 however, been exceeded by horns of which the length was less, a pair from the 

 Malay Peninsula having a circumference of twenty-two inches, with a length of 

 thirty-two inches. The horns of the cows are smaller, measuring in large examples, 

 from twenty-three to twenty-four inches above the curve, with a girth of about 

 thirteen inches. 



