64 DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT Of" 



F A M I L Y 1^) V I D /E . 



BOS SONDAICUS. 



I3os soiiddicits^ Miiller & Schleg. Verhandl. p. 197, pis. 

 xxxv-xxxix (1892). 



This animal appears to be slighter than the ganr, with the 

 legs longer in proportion and the dorsal ridge less developed. 

 The tail descends below the hocks. The dewlap is of moderate 

 size. The head is much more elongate, the forehead not con- 

 cave, the horns smaller, cylindrical in the young, flattened 

 towards the base in adults, and curving outwards and upwards 

 at first, and towards the tips somewhat backwards and inwards. 



Colour — Cows and young bulls have the head, body, and 

 upper por.tions of the limbs bright reddish brown, approaching 

 chestnut, old bulls are black ; in both sexes the legs from above 

 the knees and hocks, a large oval area on the buttocks, extend- 

 ing to the base of the tail but not including it, a stripe on the 

 inside of each limb, the lips, and the inside of the ears are 

 white. Calves have the outside of the limbs chestnut through- 

 out and a dark line down the back. 



Dimensions — According to S. MuUe;', a full-grown Javan 

 bull measured 5 -ft. 9^-in. high at the shoulder, the length of 

 the head and body was 8-ft. 6-in., and of the tail 3-ft. The 

 largest Burmese specimen recorded was 16 hands high 

 (5-ft. 4-in.). A skull from Java in the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, hai horns measuiing 30 inches long by 17 inches in 

 circumference at the base. This is unusually large. A male 

 skull from Borneo in the British Museum measures 1775 

 inches in basal length by 875 in zygomatic breadth. 



So far as is known its habits are similar to those of 

 Bos /^aiinis, except that B. soiuidtciis, from the greater pro- 

 portional length of the legs, is probably less of a climber and more 

 restricted to the plains of high grass. 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Niah River (C. Hose). 



BOS BUBALUS. 



Bos /)ii/yi7/i/s, L. Sy?,t. Nat. i, p. 99 (1766) ; W. Sclater, 

 Cat. p. 129. 



General form heavy, body massive, legs thick and short, 

 hoofs large. Tail reaching the hocks (but, I think, variable in 

 length). Ribs 13 pairs. Hair on the body very thin, 

 especially in old animals. Muzzle large and square. Head 

 carried very low. 



Skull elongate, nasals long, forehead nearly flat. Horns 

 very large, flattened, transversely rugose, trigonal in section, 

 tapering slowly and gradually from the base, curving at first 

 upward, outward, and slightly backward from the plane of the 



