66 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Q.— Bos caffer planiceros. 



Bubalue planiceros, Blyth, Proa. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 157 ; Benshaiv 

 ibid. 1904, ii, p. 130 ; Matschie, Sitzber. Oes. nat. Freunde, 1906 

 pp. 161, 174. 



Bubalus centralis, dray, Cat. Ruininants Brit. Mus. p. 11, 1872 

 Hand-List Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 11, 1873 ; Matschie, Sduge^ 

 thiere Togogebictes, p. 19, 1893, Sitzber. Oes. nat. Freunde, 1906 

 p. 162 ; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, p. 87. 

 1897. 



Bos caffer planiceros, LydeJcTcer, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 103 

 1898, Game Animals of Africa, p. 73, 1908, The Ox and lis 

 Kindred, p. 241, 1912, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 235; Ward. 

 Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 424, 1910. 



Bos pumilus, Brehm, Tierleben, ed. 3, Sdugeth. vol. iii, p. 320, fig 

 1891, neo Turton. 



Sjnoerus planiceros, Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol 

 xxiv, p. 193, 1911. 



Synoerus centralis, Hollister, loc. cit. 



Typical locality probably Gambia, see Froc. Zool. Soc, 

 1913, p. 240; from G-ambia the range extends into Sierra 

 Leone. 



Adult bulls dark, younger bulls and cows red or tawny ; 

 an orange tawny band on the throat of both sexes, and a 

 similarly coloured patch below the ear. Horns curving 

 regularly, with a considerable lateral expansion. 



91. 1. 8. 1. Frontlet and horns of old bull. Probably 

 from Gambia. Type. The tips of the horns are so worn 

 down that they are quite blunt and rounded, while the 

 rugosities on the palm are much abraded. 



U.rchanged with King's College, London, 1891. 



65. 3. 30. 1. Skull of a younger bull, wanting the lower 

 jaw, with the right horn. Type of B. centralis. West Africa ; 

 collected by Dalton (not, as stated by Gray in his Hand-List, 

 1873, Dr. Baikie). Matschie, Sitzhcr. Gcs. nat. Freunde, 

 1906, p. 162, incorrectly states that B. centralis was based on 

 an Atbara buffalo. Furcliased, 1865. 



11. 2. 16. 1. Mounted head. Upper Gambia. The 

 horns agree ^'ery closely with those of the preceding 

 specimen. Presented by G. Fenwich Owen, Esq., 1901. 



11. 6. 10. 112. Skull, with horns, and skin. Upper 

 Gambia. The general colour is dark chocolate-ljrown, with 

 the fetlocks and tail-tip black. Same history. 



