BOVINE 53 



B. Bos caffer neumanni. 



Bubalus neumanni, Matschie, Sitzber. Gcs. nat. Freunde, 1906, 



p. 169. 

 Bos caffer neumanni, Ly debtor, Game Animals of Africa, p. 71, 



1908. 

 Syncerus neumanni, Hollister, Pros. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



xxiv, p. 192, 1911. 



Typical locality Chagwe, Uganda. 



Characterised, according to Matschie, by the bases of the 

 horns being flattened, and their short tips diminishing 

 rapidly in calibre and directed mainly upwards, with a very 

 slight inward and backward direction, and the greatest span 

 immediately below the points of the tips. This buffalo is 

 stated to be very like B. c. ccquinoctialis, from which it 

 differs by the distinct backward sweep of the basal portion 

 of the horns. 



There are no specimens in the collection which can be 

 referred to this race. 



C. Bos eaffer ruahensis. 



Bubalus ruahaensis, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1906, 



p. 170, errorim. 

 Bubalus ruhahensis, Matschie, in Schillings' Die Zauber des Elelescho, 



p. 95, Leipsic, 1906, errorim. 



Bos caffer ruahensis, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 71, 1908. 

 Syncerus ruahaensis, Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



xxiv, p. 193, 1911. 

 Bubalus ruahensis, Matschie, in literis, 1912. 



Typical locality Ruaha Valley, German East Africa. 



Allied to B. c. neumanni, but with the basal portion of 

 the horns much thickened and roughened, diminishing rapidly 

 in calibre in the terminal portion, which is relatively short, 

 and sharply bent backwards near the base, so that the tips 

 are behind the skull. Thickest portion of under surface of 

 horns considerably below orbits. 



No specimen in collection. 



