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THE INDIAN OX. 
Bos Taurus. Var. INDICUS. 
In addition to the domesticated species known by the 
names of Oxen, Buttaloes, and Yaks, the genus Bos 
comprehends several others equally distinct, which have 
rarely, if ever, been reclaimed from their native wild- 
ness. Two of these, the Bison and the Musk Ox, are 
peculiar to the northern regions of America; one, the 
Polish Aurochs, is now confined to a single European 
forest ; a fourth, the Arni, exists only in Central Asia ; 
and a fifth, the Cape Buffalo, is, as its name imports, 
a native of the southern extremity of Africa. Thus it 
appears that im this wide dispersion of the several 
races, each region has preserved its own peculiar kind 
in its original independence ; while, on the other hand, 
two at least of the remaining species, the Ox and the 
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