THE INDIAN OX OR ZEBV 



Taurus Indicus. 



PLATE XXVI. 



Zebu, Buffori) Desmarest. Bos Indicus of Authors. 



THE Zebu seems to extend in its varieties over 

 India and Northern Africa, and we believe the pre- 

 viously noticed animals from the kingdom of Bornou 

 will be referable to one of these. The general co- 

 lour of the Zebu is ashy grey, paler towards the 

 lower parts, but varieties very commonly occur. The 

 size runs from that of a large mastiff dog to a large 

 and powerful bull of Europe, and they occur either 

 horned or without horns, and sometimes with the 

 horns, as it were, attached only to the skin, hanging 

 loose and without any central core ; while there is 

 another race, however, in greater obscurity, of a 

 large size, and having the horns nearly four feet in 

 length. The ordinary varieties of the Zebu are fur- 

 nished with a fatty hump or excrescence on the 

 shoulders, which has been said to reach the weight 

 of fifty pounds. Another variety has two fatty humps, 

 the first placed on the shoulder, the other immediate- 

 ly behind it ; these are said to be most common in 



