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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



DOMESTIC OXEN (Bos taurus and B. indicus). 



The domesticated cattle of Europe are the descendants of the 

 primitive wild ox, or aurochs (a name frequently misapplied to the 

 bison), of Europe and North Africa {Bos taurus primigenius), now 

 completely extinct in the wild state, although it survived on the 

 continent till the Middle Ages. On the other hand, the humped oxen 

 (zebu) of India and the Galla cattle of Africa {Bos indicus) appear to 

 trace their origin to a totally distinct species, also extinct in the wild 

 state. 



Locality. 

 N'gamiland 

 Do. 



Owner. 

 The late W. C. Oswell. 

 A. Ohisson. 



