520 MA JIM ALIA. 



linked ; no lachrymal sinuses; neck short; breast with dewlaps: 

 vertebra of the tail frequently prolonged beyond the houghs; no 

 inguinal pores ; females with an udder ; with from two to four 

 teats. 



Gemts 10. — Catoblepas — Smith. 



Generic Character.— Incisors °, no canines, grinders ^-^ ; to- 

 tal 32. Head square; horns tlat, and broad at base, nearly 

 joining on the crest of the frontals ; lying outwards, turning 

 down, with the points turning upwards; muzzle broad; nos- 

 trils provided internally with a moveable valve; glandulous ex- 

 crescence on the cheeks ; neck with a mane ; throat with a 

 beard ; dewlap small ; bristles round the orbits and on the lips ; 

 a ridge of hair on the forehead ; tail hairy as in the horse. 



Catoblepas gnu— The Gnu.— Plate XXIII. fig. 2.— De- 

 scribed, vol. II. p. 54. 



Genus II. — Ovibos. — Blainville. 



Generic Character.— Incisors g, no canines, grinders «3^ ; to- 

 tal 32. Body thick, compact; legs short; forehead broad, 

 flat; face elevated; no muzzle; horns close at base, turned 

 downwards, and slightly upwards at the points ; ears short, 

 placed behind the horns ; eyes small ; without furrow on the 

 upper lip ; tail very short. 



Ovibos moschatus — The Musk Ox.— Plate XXI*. fig. 10. 

 —Described, vol. II. p. 5i0. 



i 



Genus 12.— Bos.— Linndus. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth «, no canines, grinders 

 «-6 ; total 32. Head large ; forehead straight ; muzzle square ; 

 horns occupying the crest of the forehead ; eyes large ; ears fun- 

 nel shaped ; dewlaps on the neck ; female with an udder, hav- 

 ing four teats ; tail long, tufted, horns simple, conical, round, 

 with various inflections ; sometimes directed laterally. 



Sub-Genus 1.— Bubalus — Smith.— Amma]s low in propor. 

 tion to their bulk ; bead large ; forehead narrow, very strong, 

 convex ; forehead straight ; muzzle square ; horns lying flat, or 

 bending laterally, with a certain direction to the rear; eya 



