MAMMALIA. PECORA. Ox. 335 



Inhabits India, Africa, and Madagafcar. — The lump is compofcd entirely of fat, and is efteemed a 

 great delicacy, this breed will intermix with the common kind, but in a few generations the lump 

 difappears ; it grows to a vaft fize, the neck is prodigioufly thick, and the legs rather fhcrt in pro- 

 portion to the fize and length of the body. 



rjA £. Zebu. — 1. /3. b. B, Taurus indicus minor. 



Has fhort, erect horns, which are turned a little forwards : Of a very fmall fize, with a 

 lump on the fhoulders. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 6. B. pi. i. fig. fup. Syft. nat. ed. xii. 99. n. 6. 

 Zebu. Sin. Buff. vi. 164. 240. pi. clxxx. — Bos fcythicus, with a hunch on the back. Charkt. 

 exerc. 8. — Little Indian Buffalo. Edw. av. 200. t. 200. 



Inhabits India, Perfia, and China. — This animal is the common beaft of burthen in India, where 

 it is likewife ufed to draw carriages, and is even ufed for riding. 



-, x «. Surat Ox. — B. Taurus indicus minimus. 



Of a very diminutive fize. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 17. 



Inhabits the country near Surat in India. — This breed is not larger than a great Dog, has a fierce 

 look, and is ufed about Surat to draw children in fmall carts. 



«j 2 G. Abyffinian Ox. — 1. a., c. B. Taurus abejjinicus. 



Has the horns only adhering to the ikin and hanging pendulous; the back is furniflied 

 with a hunch. Penn. hift. of quad, n. 6. C. 



Abyffinian Ox. Lobbo, voy. 70. Placourt, voy. 151. Sm. Buff. vi. 178. 

 Inhabits Abyffinia, Madagafcar, and probably in other parts of Africa. 



t,.. 1. Boury.— I. &. d. B. Taurus madagafcarienfis . 



Of a large fize and white colour, with pendulous ears, and a hunched back. Penn. hift. 



of quad. n. 6. D. 

 Madagafcar Ox. Flacourt, voy. ijr. — Adel Ox. Purchas, pilgr. ii. 1106. 



Inhabits Adel and Madagafcar. 



744 



745 



k. Tinian Ox. — 1. a., e. B. Taurus tinianenfis. 

 Of a white colour with black ears. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 6. E.. 

 Inhabits the ifland of Tinian. 



A. Lant. — r. a. f. B. Taurus africanus. 



Of a white colour, wkh elegant horns, flender legs, black hoofs, and of vafl fwifmefs. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 6. F. 



Inhabits Africa. — Is fwifter than moft horfes, and the hide is faid to be impenetrable to a bullet. 

 This is probably a fpecies of Antelope. 



