MAMMALIA—BUFFALO. 379 
The specimen figured below, is remarkable only for the number of its 
horns. The lateral, or true horns, rise from their usual point of attach- 
ment, and describe a spiral curve round the animal’s ears. The accessory 
horns, two in number, take their origin more internally, and between the 
others, and pass almost directly upwards, inclining, as they advance, m 
a direction forwards and outwards. 
THE CAPE BUFPAL OG. 
Tuts animal is called by the Hottentots, guaraho. It has dark and rugous 
horns, spreading horizontally over the summit of the head, in the shape 
of ascalp, with the beams bent down laterally, and the points turned up. 
The animal is about nine feet in length, with a deep brown fur. They live 
in small herds in brushwood, and open forests, in Caffraria, occasionally 
uniting in droves upon the plains. They are excited to madness by the 
sight of red colors, and swim with great force. Since the settlement of the 
Cape of Good Hope, they have become scarce in that neighborhood. 
1 Bos caffer, Desm. The genus Bos has eight lower incisors; no canines; twelve 
upper and twelve lower molars. Body members strong; head large; forehead straight; 
muzzle square; eyes large; ears generally funnel shaped; a fold of the skin or dewla 
on the under side of the neck; four mamme; tail long and tufted ; horns simple, conical, 
round, with different inflections, but often directed laterally, and the points raised. 
