SHORT-HORNED BULL. 



III. THE OX. 



The important family of which the common Ox may be 

 regarded as typical, divides itself into three groups, the 

 BISONTINE, the BUB ALINE, and the TAURINE. The Bisons 

 inhabit both the Old and New Continents, and are distin- 

 guished by round smooth horns, and a musky odour which 

 exhales from the skin. The Buffaloes are characterized by 

 angular horns, and a fainter odour of musk, and are natives 

 of the warmer regions of Asia and Africa. The Taurine 

 group, comprehending the common Ox and its different races, 

 forms the most important division of Bovidee. 



