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B.— Bos bubalis maeroceros. 



Bubalus buffelus maoroceros, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



vol. X, p. 912, 1841, xvi, p. 710, 1847. 

 Bos bubalis maeroceros, Lydehlter, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 84, 



1897, The Ox and Its Kindred, p. 228, 1912 ; Ward, Becords of 



Big Game, ed. 6, p. 427, 1910. 

 (?) Bos palaeindious. Falconer, Cat. Foss. Vert. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



p. 230, 1859. 

 (?) Bos bnbalis palffiindicus, LydeTcker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, 



p. 127, 1898. 



Typical locality Assam. 



Characterised by the great length and outward direction 

 of the horns, which turn upwards only towards the extremities. 

 Whether the difference in this respect from the typical 

 representative of the species is of racial or merely of 

 dimorphic value, has yet to be determined. 



These long-horned buffaloes are natives of Assam and 

 Kuch-Behar ; but horns of a very similar type occur in 

 Malaya, although it is not known whether they belong to 

 wild or tame animals. 



604, cl. Detached horns. Mentioned by Sloane in Phil. 

 Trans., 1727, p. 222 ; figured in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 

 pi. ccxxxi, fig. 2. 



These horns, which measure 77| inches in length, and are 

 the largest specimens of their kind, were discovered in a cellar 

 in Wapping by a Mr. Doyle, who gave them to Sir Hans 

 Sloane (see Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 17). Sloane Collection. 



55. 1. 10. 1. Skull, with horns. Fezpur, Central 

 Assam. Length of horns 65| inches. Figured Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1855, p. 17, pi. xi. Presented ly Col. J. Mathie, 1855. 



5. 7. 29. 1. Skull, with horns, female. Kuch-Behar. 

 Presented hy H.H. the Maharaja of Kuch-Behar, 1905. 



C— Bos bubalis fulvus. 



Bos bubalus var. fulvus, Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. 



p. 492, 1891. 

 Bos bubalis fulvus, Lydehher, Great and Small Game of India, etc. 



p. 77, 1900, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 88, 1907, Cat. Hume 



Bequest Brit. Mus. p. 5, 1913 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, 



6tli ed. p. 427, 1910. 



Typical locality Upper Assam. 



Characterised by the brownish dun colour of the hide, 



