CLASS MAMMALS: ORDER UNGULATA. 



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Fig. 85. 



is pre-eminent for beef. The Jersey, from the island of 

 Jersey, is unrivaled for 

 the quality, and the 

 Ayrshire, from Ayr- 

 shire, Scotland, for the 

 quantity of its milk. 



The Bison is the 

 only bovine, except the 

 Musk Ox, indige- 

 nous to America.* 

 Originally ranging in "^ 



Ayrshire. 



Fij. 87. 



Bos americanus. Bison. 



* Having the distinctive hump on the fore-shoulders, it Is a true Bison and not a 

 Bufl&lo, as it is generally called. 



