THE SELOFS COLLECTION. 13 



ORDER IJNGULATA. 



Family BOVIDJE. 

 Subfamily BOVINE. 



SOUTH AFRICAN BUFFALO. 

 CAFFER CAFFER. 



Bos caffer, Sparrman, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. vol. xl. p. 79, 1779. 

 Bos (Biibalus) caffer, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. 



p. 384, v. p. 371, 1827. 



Bos caffer typicus, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 97, 1898. 

 Synceriis caffer caffer, Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xxiv. 



p. 192, 1911. 



Size large ; horns bent sharply backwards a short distance from 

 base. General colour blackish, occasionally reddish brown. 



Of the three bulls in the Collection, No. 19. 7. 15. 39 has 

 the largest horns : greatest width outside 44J ; inside width 

 39 ; depth of palm over curve 13| ; spread from tip to tip 29. 

 The horns of the cow, which is a brownish red-coloured specimen, 

 are considerably more slender : greatest width outside 39 ; inside 

 width 35 jf ; depth of palm 7; spread from tip to tip 26. 



Typical locality, Sunday River, near Algoa Bay, South Africa, 

 the range extending into Northern Natal and Rhodesia. Two 

 other forms of South African Buffalo have been described*, garie- 

 pensis from the Orange River Colony, and UmpopoemiB from 

 Swaziland ; the horn characters that have been used to distinguish 

 these so-called species are, however, so very unsatisfactory that it 

 seems best to ignore these two names, and consider the following 

 specimens as representing the typical race, which may be called 

 the South African Buffalo. 



* Matschie. Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1906, pp. 166 & 167. 



