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F. — Bos caffep gariepensis. 



Bubalus gariepensis, Matschie, Sitzler. Gcs. nat. Freunde, 1906, 

 p. 166. 



Bos caffer gariepensis, Lydel-Jce/; Game Animals of Africa, p. 70, 



Syncerus gariepensis, Eollister, Proa. Biol. Sac. Washington, vol. 

 xxiv, p. 192, 1911. 



Typical locality Ligua Valley, upper Orange (Gariep) 

 Valley. 



From the other members of this subgroup the Orange 

 Eiver buffalo is stated to be distinguished by the great 

 length of the tips of the horns, which exceed one-third the 

 total horn-length, and also by the marked thickening of the 

 basal portion of the horns. 



Type apparently in Berlin. 



ISTo example in the collection. 



Subgroup ii. 



Horns curving sharply inwards from point of maximum 

 span towards middle line of skull. 



G.— Bos caffer radcliffei. 



BubaluB caffer radclififei, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i, p. 371 ; 



Matschie, Sitzher. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1906, p. 162. 

 Bos caffer radcliffei, LydeJcTcer, Game Animals of Africa, p. 70, 1908, 



The Ox and Its Kindred, p. 235, 1912. 

 Syncerus caffer radcliffei, Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. xxiv, p. 192, 1912. 



Typical locality Burumba, Ankoli, South- West Uganda. 



Horns very broad and flat in the palm, with the bases 

 diverging considerably from each other in front, contrasting 

 in these respects with those of £. c. caffer, which are very 

 convex on the palm, with their inner edges (close to each 

 other in old bulls) parallel. Horns of type measure 43^ 

 inches in length and 11^ inches across palm. This buffalo 

 forms a northern race of B. caffer fully as large as the 

 typical southern race, but tending in the flatness of its 

 horns towards the smaller B. cequinocticdis. 



5. 4. 3. 37. Skull, with horns. Burumba, Ankoli. Type. 

 Bresented hy Lieut.-Col. C. Dclme-Eadcliffe, 1905. 



