OXEN. 175 
Hills there occurs the gigantic sharp-fronted ox (B. acutifrons), distinguished by 
the sharp ridge running down the middle of the forehead, and the enormous length 
of the horns, which swept upwards and outwards in a bold curve, and were probably 
but little short of 10 feet in span. 




















GALLA BULL (zr: nat. size). 
THE GAuUR (Bos gaurus). 
With the magnificent animal known as the gaur, but generally misnamed by 
Indian sportsmen the bison, we come to the first of three species from South-Eastern 
Asia, nearly allied to one another, and broadly distinguished from those already 
noticed. These animals, which include the handsomest existing representatives of 
the genus, are collectively characterised by the following features. The horns 
are flattened to a greater or less degree from front to back, more especially 
at their bases, where they present an elliptical cross-section ; this character being 
more strongly marked in the bulls than in the cows. The tail is shorter than in 
the typical oxen, and reaches but little if at all below the hocks. <A third feature 
is presented by the distinct ridge running from the shoulders to the middle of the 
