THE OX. 



UNDER this genus is included the several breeds of the 

 domestic Ox, the Buffalo of Africa and Asia, the Arnee of 

 India and China, the Bison of North America, the Yak of 

 Central Asia, the Urus Aurochs or European Bison, the 

 Gaur of India, and the Gayal of Birmah. These are each 

 supposed to constitute a distinct species of the Ox tribe. 

 The Musk Ox of North America is a genus of itself. 



The domestic Ox has been divided into two races, the 

 straight-backed (represented in the picture) and the hunch- 

 backed. The former are common in this country and most 

 parts of Europe ; the other, called the Indian Ox or Zebu, 

 is common in India, and some other parts of Asia and 

 Africa. These, like our cattle, are divided into a great 

 variety of different breeds. It is supposed that these two 

 varieties of the domestic Ox are derived from a common 

 origin, but the source from which they sprung is a matter 

 of doubt. The wild cattle of Mexico and South America 

 are the offspring of the domestic breeds, introduced by the 

 European settlers. There is a breed of wild cattle re- 

 maining at Chillingham Park, in England, of the native 

 wildness of which, the following is an instance. Dr. Fuller, 

 author of the History of Berwick, found a calf, hidden by 

 its mother, only tw r o days old, and very lean and weak. 

 On his stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or three 



