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The Banteng, or Burmese wild cow, Gavceus sondaicus, extends north- 

 wards as far as the interior of the Chittagong hills, where all three 

 species meet, according to the testimony of the Rev. M. Barbe. South 

 it extends through Burmah and the Malayan peninsula to the larger 

 islands. The young and the cow are red in this species, which resembles 

 the Gaur more than the Gayal, and it wants the dewlap. It is the Tsoing 

 of the Burmese, the Gaur being the Pyaung. A young male is now living 

 in the London Zoological Gardens. 



Lastly, the Buffaloes. 



Gen. BUBALUS, H. Smith. 



Char. Horns large, attached to the highest line of the frontals, inclin- 

 ing backwards and upwards, depressed, angular, more or less horizontal ; 

 muffle large and square ; no true dorsal ridge or hump; cranium elongated, 

 narrow, with an excess of facial over the frontal and cerebral portion ; 

 the frontals form a somewhat obtuse angle with the occipital plane. 

 Thirteen pairs of ribs. 



239. Bubalus Ami. 



Bos apud KERR and SHAW. B. Buffelus apud BLYTH, Cat. 508.' B. 

 Bubalus, Auct. wild var. Arna, the male, Ami, the female, H. Jangli 

 bhyns, vulgb, H. Mung, of Bhagulpore. Gera erumi, of Gonds. 



THE WILD BUFFALO. 



Descr. Forehead convex, rounded ; horns large, black ; general colour 

 dark blackish-slaty; hair scanty, black. Length 10 J feet and upwards 

 from snout to root of tail, which is short, not extending lower than the 

 hock ; tufts of hair on the forehead, over the eyes, and on the knees. 

 Height at shoulder up to 6-J feet. 



The horns are of two kinds the one very long, nearly straight, well 

 thrown back, var. Macrocerus of Hodgson the other much shorter and 

 well curved, more directed upwards, var. Spirocerus, Hodgson. 



Individuals with the longest horns are chiefly found in Assam and the 

 countries to the eastward. A single horn in the British Museum, figured 

 Phil. Trans, for 1727, is 6 feet 6 inches long. The head of another, also 

 in the British Museum, and killed by Colonel Mathie in Assam, measured 

 as follows : Round the outside of both horns and over forehead, 12 feet 



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