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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



. The typical Cape buffalo is usually found in reedy swamps from the 



Cape as far north as the Equator; but some individuals distinguished, 

 according to the Hon. W. H. Drummond, by their blacker hair and more spreading 

 horns inhabit forests. From the Equator northward to Abyssinia the species is rep- 

 resented by a variety of lighter build, and with horns less thickened on the fore- 

 head, and separated in the middle line by a considerable interval. This variety was 



CAPE BUFFALO. 



(One-twenty-fifth natural size.) 



formerly regarded as indicating a distinct species, under the names of B. ezquinoctia- 

 lis and B. centralism but intermediate gradations connect it so closely with the ordi- 

 nary Cape form that this view has been abandoned. 



In regions where their numbers have not been thinned by the sportsman's rifle, 

 the Cape buffalo, according to Mr. Selous, is usually found in herds of from fifty to 

 two hundred, or even three hundred, individuals. Old bulls are frequently met with 



