408 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



tion of the dewlap ; the belly is protuberant, but in its hin- 

 der part, is greatly contracted ; the rump, or os sacrum, has 

 a more considerable declivity than that of the European Ox, 

 but less than that of the Zebu. The tail is covered with short 

 hair, except near the end, where it is tufted, but descends 

 no lower than the shins. The legs, especially the fore 

 ones, are thick and clumsy ; the false hoofs are much larger 

 than those of the Zebu ; the hinder parts are weaker in 

 proportion than the forehead • and owing to the construction 

 of the belly, the hinder legs, although, in fact, the shortest, 

 appear to be the longest. 



The whole body is covered with a coat of short hair : 

 from the summit of the head, there diverges, with a whirl, 

 a bunch of rather long coarse hair, which lies flat, is usually 

 white or lighter-coloured than the rest, and extends towards 

 the horns and over the forehead. The general colour is 

 brown in various shades, which very often approaches to 

 black, but sometimes is rather light ; the legs and belly 

 are usually white, as also the tip of the tail. 



The head is about one foot eight inches long, and the dis- 

 tance between the roots of the horns ten inches ; total length 

 from nose to tail about nine feet six inches ; height at the 

 shoulders, four feet nine or ten inches ; height at the loins, 

 four feet four or five inches. Circumference of the chest 

 six feet seven inches ; circumference of the loins five 

 feet ten inches,- length of the horns, one foot two inches; 

 length of ears, ten inches. 



The voice of the Gayal has no resemblance to the grunt 

 of the Indian Ox ; it is a kind of lowing but shriller, and 

 not near so loud as that of the European Ox, but resembling 

 it more than the Buffalo's. The Cucis or Lunctas, a 

 people inhabiting the hills to the eastward of Chayaon, 

 (Chitagong) have herds of the Gayal in a domestic state, 

 from time immemorial, and without any variation in their 

 appearance from the wild stock : no difference whatever 



