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B. Coffer, Desm. Gmel. The Cape Buffalo. Horns in contact at 

 the base spreading horizontally,, and turned up at the point ; ears 

 wide rather than pendant ; dewlap large; fur deep brown. About 

 nine feet long. Interior of Africa. 



B. pegasus, Smith. Horns lying across the summit of the head, the 

 tips turned up ; colour deep brown, with obscure transverse bands; 

 neck with a dense mane ; ears long, pendulous ; feet white. In- 

 habits Central Africa. Griff. Syn. 371. 



B. Arnee, Shaw. The Arnee. Horns triangular, rising obliquely, 

 wrinkled, slightly hanging forwards, with the points turned in- 

 wards and backwards ; fur black, very hairy, tail tufted. Seven 

 feet high at the shoulders. Inhabits India, and the domesticated 

 varieties China and Indian Archipelago Shaw, ii. 



B. Bubalus, Lin. Domestic Buffalo. Horns directed laterally, com- 

 pressed, with a ridge in front, reclining towards the neck, and 

 the tips turned up; forehead convex ; mammae of the male placed in 

 a transverse line ; colour darkish or black ; hair coarse ; tail tufted 

 at the end. 



B. Americanus, Gmel. Desm. The American Bison. Horns small, 

 round, black, and very distant, turned laterally and upwards ; head 

 short and thick ; eyes full ; head, shoulders, and upper part 

 of the anterior extremities covered with long brownish woolly 

 hair, tail tufted with black. Eight feet long. Inhabits interior 

 of N. America. Shaw, ii. pi. 206, 207. 



B. grunniens, Lin. Desm. The Yak. Horns round, smooth, pointed, 

 bending laterally forwards and upwards; forehead flat; lips tumid; 

 muzzle small; occiput covered with frizzled hair; withers pro- 

 jecting ; hair on the neck and back very woolly, whitish and 

 black, that of the flanks long and pendant ; tail with very long 

 hair. Inhabits the Mountains of Central Asia. Sharv. ii. 



B. urns, Desm. Pall. {Bos Taurus, var. urus, and Bos Bonasus, Lin.) 

 The European Bison. Horns thick, round, lateral, curved up- 

 wards and forwards ; forehead square ; head and anterior part of 

 the body covered with brown thick and coarse hair ; below the 

 throat to the breast a pendant beard, more than a foot long ; mam- 

 mae disposed in a square form. Upwards of ten feet long. Fo- 

 rests in Europe. Shaw, ii. pi. 205. 



B. Gaurus, Smith. The Gaur. Adult male six feet high at the 

 shoulders, twelve feet long; head resembling the common ox; 

 forehead more arched ; horns robust, not bent back ; a spinous 

 elevated process on the neck and shoulders ; short tufts of dirty 

 white coloured hairs on the forehead ; hair smooth, shining. In- 

 habits the district of Surjoogah in India. Breton, in Trans. Med. 

 Soc. Calcutta, ii. p. 247- 



B. Gavceus, Smith. The Gayal. Head broad and flat ; horns strong, 

 short, distant, lateral, compressed, turned upwards and forwards ; 

 dewlap fringed with long hair ; a ridge over the shoulders ; ge- 



