216 Catalogue of Mammals of Nepal. 



length : frontals large in all their 

 proportions, apparently concave, 

 being surmounted by a huge semi- 

 cylindric crest rising above the 

 bases of the horns. Posteal plane 

 of the skull vertical, equal to the 

 frontal plane, and divided central- 

 ly by the temporal fcessae. Orbits 

 more salient, and rami of the lower 

 jaw more pointed to the front and 

 straighter, with less elevated con- 

 dyles, than in the Bos or in Buba- 

 lus ; thirteen pairs of ribs, spinous 

 processes of the whole dorsal ver- 

 tebrae extremely developed with 

 sudden fall at the croup. Dewlap 

 evanescent. Horns short, very 

 thick, remote, depressed, subtrigo- 

 nal, and situated below the frontal 

 crest. Gestation of females thir- 

 teen months. 



1 Sp. new and type. Bibos Cavifrons 

 nob. Gouri Gau of Hindoos. Ha- 

 bital Saul forest. 



Specific character. 



Large wild Indian Bibos with fine 

 short limbs, short tail not reaching 

 to the houghs ; broad, fan-shaped, 

 horizontal ears, smooth glossy hair 

 of a brown, red, or black colour, 

 paled upon the forehead and limbs ; 

 tufted knees and brows, and 

 spreading green horns with round 

 incurved black tips, and with soft 

 rugous bases furnished posteally 



