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55. Bisonus. 



with a fragrant secretion. Ten feet 

 long from snout to rump, and five 

 and a half to six feet high at the 

 shoulder : head (to the crown of 

 forehead) twenty-four inches, and 

 tail thirty-three inches. Female 

 rather smaller, hut preserving all 

 the characters of the male. 



N. B. — To all appearance two other species 

 of Bibos may be found in the Fossil Urus 

 of Europe, and in Aristotle's wild Bull of 

 Persia with depressed horns. These I 

 would call, respectively, Bisbos Classicus, 

 and Bibos Aristotelis. 

 Forehead large convex. Fourteen pairs 

 of ribs, dorsal crest confined to the 

 withers. Shaggy coat. 1 Sp. Poe- 

 phagus auct. tame and wild sam- 

 ples. 

 N. B. — These differential characters are our 

 own, submitted to the discretion of the 

 skilful. 



1 Sp. Arna auct. two varieties, nob. 

 Macrocerus et Speirocerus, nob. 



Antelopida. 



2 Sp. Cervicapra auct. et Bennettii 

 auct ? Bharatensis, nob : vulgo, the 

 Chouka, or Ravine Deer. 



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59. Pantholops nob. Molars 5 - 5 . Incisors erect, strong 



and rectilinearly ranged. Horns 

 with a clear sinus in the cores, 

 long, slender, erect, sublyrate, in- 

 serted between the orbits, com- 

 pressed, nodose, and approximated 

 at their bases. Large inguinal 

 purses. No suborbital sinus. 



2 F 



56. Bubalus. 



58. Antelopa. 



