Bos namadicus, Falconer 1 . 



This species is allied to Bos taurus, but there is a difference in 

 the curvature of the horn-cores, and the occipital surface is more 

 deeply incised hy the extremities of the temporal fossae, showing 

 indications of affinity with the living Indian B. gaurus and B. fron- 

 talis ; the vertex of the occiput is also markedly convex, indicating 

 another approach to the former species. 



Hob. India. 



AH the specimens are from the Pleistocene of the Narbada Valley, 

 and, unless otherwise stated, were presented by 0. Fraser, Esq., 

 before 1843. 



39758. The greater portion of the cranium, wanting the horn-cores 

 (Fig.) and the extremity of the muzzle. This specimen is 

 figured in 'Falconer's Palseontological Memoirs,' vol. i. 

 pi. xxii. fig. 5, and in (unpublished) plate G. fig. 2 of the 

 ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.' It agrees precisely with a 

 nearly perfect specimen in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 figured hy the present writer in the ' Palaeontologia Indica,' 

 ser. 10, vol. i. pis. xi., xvi. fig. 1. 



39760. The frontlet, with a considerable portion of the right horn- 

 (Fig.) core. This specimen is figured in ' Falconer's Palaeonto- 

 logical Memoirs,' vol. i. pi. xxii. fig. 4, and in (unpub- 

 lished) plate G. fig. 1 of the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.' 



39365. The hinder portion of the cranium, showing the three true 

 molars. 



39758 a. Base of a right horn-core, of enormous size. 



36864. The distal two thirds of the right radius of a smaller form. 



36671. The left metacarpus; from Bihna, near Jabalpur, Narbada 

 Valley. This specimen agrees very closely with the meta- 

 carpus of Bos taurus, var. primigenius, No. 36412. 



Presented by the Secretary of State for India, 1860. 



36865. The left metacarpus, of shorter form than the last. 

 36865 a. The proximal extremity of the right femur. 

 36865 b. The proximal extremity of the left femur. 



1 ' Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrate of Asiatic Society of Bengal,' p. 232 (1859). 



