RUMINANTS. 



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cannot be the original stock of our horned cattle. It is a fierce 

 animal, at present confined to the great marshy forests of Lithuania 

 and of the Caucasus, but formerly spread over all the temperate 

 parts of Europe. 



FIG. 431. ~ INDPAX ox. 



The Bison, or American Buffalo (Bos Americanus^, is smaller than 

 the auroch but larger than the domestic bull. His limbs and tail 

 are short, the forepart of his body very thick and strong, but the 

 croup comparatively feeble ; he carries a fleshy hump between the 



