36 MAMMALIA. 



In the skull the frontals are broader than long. The intermaxillae 

 are very short, triangular, not reaching nearly to the nasal bones. 

 The head, crown and shoulders covered with longer curled hair ; 

 dewlap none; teats four in a square. Skull, t. 4. f. 1, 2. 



The flesh smells of musk, hence called Bisam, which has been 

 changed into Bison. See Pallas, Zool. Ross. Asiat. 247. 



Bison, H. Smith, Griff. A. K. iv. 182; Fischer, Syn. 651. 

 Bison, Bojanus, N. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xiii. ; Owen, Brit. Foss. 



Mam. 491, 1846. 



Bison, sp., Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849. 

 Urus, sp., Owen, Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1843, 232. 

 Aurochs, sp., Cuv. Ann. Mus. xii. 379 ; Oss. Foss. iv. 

 Bonassus, sp., Wagner. 

 Bos y. Bison, Sundevall, Pecora, 78. 



t Tarsi elongate, fore and hind quarters subequal. 



1. BISON BONASSUS. The BISON. 



Fur blackish brown, short ; of neck and shoulders longer, of 

 chin and throat, elongate, forming a dependent mane ; fore and 

 hind legs subequal ; tarsi elongate. Bos Bison, Linn. S. N. xii. 



Bos (Bison) Bison, H. Smith in Griffith A. K. v. 893; Fischer, 



Syn. 654 ; Sundevall, Pecora, 203 ; Baer. Bull. Petersb. i. 53. 

 Bos urus, Bodd. Elench. 1788 ; L. H. Bojanus, Comm. Nov. Act. 



Acad. Nat. Our. xiii. 414. t. 20, 28; Schreb. Saugth. t. 295; 



Desm. Mamm. 498; Fischer, Syn. Mam. 497; Eichw. Zool. 



Spec. iii. 342. t. ; Vollborth, Dissert. 1. fig. 

 Bos Bison Aurochs, Lesson, Nov. Tab. R. A. 184. 

 Bos Taurus Urus, Gmelin, S. N. i. 202; Pallas, Zool. Ross. 



Asiat. i. 242. 



Bos Bonassus, Brisson, Reg. A. 84; Linn. S. N. xiii. 99; Gme- 

 lin, S. N. i. 99; Erxl. Syst. 235. 

 Bison Europseus, Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, 126. 

 Bos Taurus c. Bison (Der Europaische Bison), Donnd. Zool. 



Beytr. 687. 



Bos Bison seu Bonassus, Wagner, Schreb. 1481, t. 295, 295 B. 

 Bison Urus, Gray, Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 55 ; Turner, Proc. 



Z. Soc. 1848. 



Bison jubatus, Plinii Hist. Nat. viii. c. 15. 

 Bison, Gesner, Quad. 31; Aldrov. Bisulc. 353. f. 355, 356; Jon- 



ston, Quad. t. 17. 16; Me. Hussoviani de Bisontis Cracov. 



1525, 12 ; Herberstein, Rer. Moscow. Comm. Basil. 1556, 109. 



fig. ; Gilibert de Bove Lituano, 1781, 30. fig. ; Zimmer. Geog. 



Zool. ii. 84. 



