MUSK ox. ;<>: 



bristly hair : the rump and thighs quite hire ; the 

 lirst Ill-ing marked on each side with dusky stripes 

 IMMHtmg downwards; the last with two transverse 

 .stripes : the horns compressed sideways, taper, and 

 sharp at the point. It is a native of India. 



Another variety, still smaller, is said to occur 

 in the mountains of the Celebes, which are full 

 :viTiis. This vaiirt\ is of the M/C of a mid- 

 dling sheep, and is seen in small herds, very wild, 

 and difficult to be taken, and even in i .\c\\i 



air so fierce, that Mr. Pennant records an in- 

 stance of fourteen stags being destroyed in the 

 space of a single night by some of these animals 

 were kept in the same paddock. 



MUSK ox. 



Boe Moachatiis. B. contSnu (want) approxtmatit, ban latu*> 

 m$ t uUrorna* dtortumqvc, apicc extrurttm Jltrit, iKMMifiJ, 

 vcllert proptndentc. 



Ox with very long pendent hair, and horn* (in the male) ap- 

 proximated at the base, bending inward* and downward*, and 

 outwards at the tips. 



Bos moschatus. B. tonuh* approximatu bad lutuxmit M/ror> 

 HM dtorntmtjue, apice cxtrvrnm Jitxu aeumuiatu. Lm. Sytt. 

 Mat. Gmel. p. 205. 



Musk Ox. I'ennattt Quadr. i . p. 3 1. Arct. Xool. i. p. 8. ft. 7. 



1 1 is only \\itliin these few years that an ac 



knn\\li-dgr of this species ha* been obtained* 

 and we are indebted principally to the labours of 

 Mi IVnnaiit for the investigation of its 

 and manners. 



