ANIMALS 



THE CATTLE AND SHEEP FAMILY 



Bo'vi-dae 



GENERAL CHARACTERS. The Cattle Family of the world 

 contains a grand array of large animals, such as the wild 

 cattle, bison, buffalo, musk-ox, mountain sheep, ibex and 

 wild goats. There are about fifty species in all, scattered 

 over all continents save South America and Australia. All 

 the members of this Family have divided hoofs and simple 

 horns (i. e., not branching) consisting of a hollow sheath grow- 

 ing over a pointed core of very porous bone. The horns grow 

 until the animal reaches old age, and are never shed. If 

 knocked off by accident, the new horn material presently 

 covers the horn core, but never succeeds in forming a perfect 

 weapon like the original. Such a growth is called a "crum- 

 pled" horn. The members of this Family eat vegetable food, 

 preferably grass and herbage, and have no upper front teeth. 



