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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



height being about three feet three inches, with the hind-quarters rather higher than 

 the withers. The horns are ringed and triangular at the base, of considerable 

 length, sharply pointed, and rising upward in the plane of the face, with but a 

 small divergence and curvature. They are situated far below the plane of the occi- 

 put, and consequently rise near the eyes; in old males they may be as much as 

 twenty-four inches in length, but in cows they are always small. The hinder part 

 of the skull is more like that of an antelope than a buffalo, having no distinct crest 

 on the occiput. The ears are small, haired at the base, but naked at the tips, with 



THK ANOA. 



(One-sixteenth natural size. ) 



a bunch of white hairs internally ; and the skull narrows toward the muzzle. The 

 tail reaches about to the hocks. The general color of the hair is dark brown, lighter 

 below, but there are two small spots of white on the sides of the head below the 

 eyes, while the lower part of the legs, and often the back, have also white mark- 

 ings. In the young animal the hair is of considerable length and thickness, but it 

 tends to become thin with age, and in very old individuals the skin is nearly bare. 

 In young animals* the hair is reddish yellow. The largest known horns have a 

 length of nearly twelve and one-half inches. The anoa has a considerable resemblance 

 to a young Indian buffalo, and it agrees with the members of that group in its tri- 



