ORDER RUMINANTIA. 31 



The Gape Buffalo (Bos Caffer, Sparm.), Schreb. ccci. 



Has very large horns, directed sideways and 

 upwards, remounting at the point, flat,- and so 

 large at their base that they nearly cover all the 

 forehead, leaving between them only a trian- 

 gular space, the point of which is upward. It 

 is a very large animal, extremely ferocious ; 

 inhabits the woods of Caffraria. 



The Musk Ox of America (Bos Moschatus, Gm.), Schreb. 

 cccn*. The Head, Buff. Supp. VI. in. 



Has the horns close, and directed like the pre- 

 ceding, but meeting on the forehead by a right 

 line ; the female has them smaller and sepa- 

 rated. It is low on the legs, covered with a 

 tufted fur which hangs to the ground. Its tail 

 is extremely short ; it emits more powerfully 

 the musky odour common to all the genus. It 

 is only seen in the coldest parts of North Ame- 

 rica, but it appears that its scull and its bones 

 have sometimes been carried by the ice to 

 Siberia. The Esquimaux make bonnets of the 

 tail, the fur of which falling on their visage 

 defends them from the musquitoes. 



