30 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



hind-leg ; wliite area on hind-quarters restricted to posterior 

 aspect of buttocks and thighs. 



N"o example in the collection. 



The following names have been applied to representa- 

 tives of this group from French Indo-China (Tonkin, 

 Annam, etc.) : — 



Gauribos laosiensis, Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat Emp. Chin. vol. v, pt. 1, 



p. 3, 1901. Laos, Tonkin. 

 Gauribos brachj'riiimis, Heude, op. cit. p. 4. Cambodia, characterised 



by shortness of nasals. 

 Gauribos sylvanus, Heude, loc. cit. Mois, Tonkin. Described from 



skull and horns. 

 Gauribos mekongensis, Heude, op. cit. p. 5. Kratie, Mekon Valley. 

 Uribos platyceros, Heude, loc. cit. Eange dividing Tourane Bay 



from the rivers of Hue. 



Bubalibos annamiticus, Heude, op. cit. p. 6. Annam. Balls black, 



with bright brown frontal patch. 

 Bos (?) leptoceros, Heude, loc. cit. Kampot, on the coast of the Gulf 



of Siam. 

 Bibos discolor, Heude, op. cit. p. 8. No locality. Old bulls blackish 



grey, with a whitish area suffused with red on forehead. 

 Bibos longicornis, Heude, op. cit. p. 9. No locality. Described, like 



next, from skull and horns. 

 Bibos (?) fusicornis, Heude, loc. cit. Tonkin. 



3. Subgenus POEPHAGUS. 



Poephagus, Gray, List. Mamni. Brit. Mus. p. 153, 1843, Cat. TJngu- 

 lata Brit. Mus. p. 39, 1852. 



Horns more or less nearly circular in section, v?idely 

 separated, on a ridge placed below the extreme vertex of the 

 skull, so that the summit of the crest of the occiput is 

 visible from the front. Forehead short, wide, and slightly 

 convex, with a short interval between base of horn-core and 

 orbit. Tail reaching about to hocks. Withers elevated. A 

 fringe of long hair extending from chin and throat along the 

 lower part of flanks and belly ; tail long-haired throughout. 



Fourteen pairs of ribs ; neural spine of seventh cervical 

 vertebra tall ; spines of dorsals very tall, descending rapidly 

 and suddenly to the lumbars. 



Piestricted to Tibet and the adjacent districts of China. 



