333 MAMMALIA. PECORA. Q x . 



The above defcription is taken from the wild breed, which is of tremenduous fiercenefs, infomuch 

 that if wounded in the chafe they turn furioufly on the affailant, and if he does not efcape they ne- 

 ver ceafe tolling him with their horns till he is deftroyed ; even the domefticated breeds retain their 

 fiercenefs, and are eafily irritated, efpecially at the fight of any thing red ; their anger is expref- 

 fed by fhaking their bodies, moving their tails, and by the menacing look of their eyes, and, if not 

 guarded againft, their attacks are fo fudden and violent that they can hardly be avoided. This re- 

 markable fpecies or variety of Ox was firft mentioned by Aelian among the ancients ; they are after- 

 wards taken notice of by Cofmos, Rubruquis, and Marco Paulo, which laft fays that they almoft 

 equal the Elephant in fize : The domefticated varieties, to be taken notice of below, though employ- 

 ed for carriage and draught, are liable, like their original ftock, to fudden paffion, which obliges 

 the inhabitants to cut off the fharp ends of their horns to render their attacks lefs formidable. The 

 voice is a kind of grunting like that of a Hog, which is more frequently repeated by the Cows than 

 the Bulls ; they procreate with the common domeftic breeds, and Dr Gmelin feems to doubt whe- 

 ther the Buffalo may not be derived from this fpecies. The following varieties are mentioned by au- 

 thors, befides the wild breed juft defcribed. 



75° /3. Ghainouk. — Bos gruniens Ghainouk. 



This, though domefticated, refembles the wild breed in every thing, except that, like 

 all cultivated cattle, it is fubjeft to confiderable variety in colour. Pennant.. 



75 1 y. Sarlyk. — Bos gruniens Sarlyk. 



This is a degenerated race, but not defcribed ; perhaps it is the hybrid produce of the 

 genuine breed with the common cattle of the country. Pennant* 



75 2 J\ Hornlefs grunting Ox. — Bos gruniens ecornis. 



Has no horns, but is furnifhed with an immenfe thicknefs of bone on the fore-head, 



Pennant. 



753 6. Buffalo. — 5. Bos Bubalus. 5. 



Has flat horns, which are firft extended outwards, then turned upwards, and bent in- 

 wards at the ends. 



3oes '"■'/i'') t> 'Aexx&iToif. Arift. hift. an. ii. c. i. — Bos indicus. Plin. hift. nat. viii. c. 45. — Bos 

 Bubalus. Briff. regn. an. 81. n. 4, — Bubalus. Gefn. quad. 139. Jonft. quad. t. 20. Raj. quad. 72. — 

 BufFelus. Aldrov. bif. 365. f. p. 366. Jonft. quad. 53. Charlet. exerc. 8. Klein, quad. 10. — Bufy 

 falus. Pall. nov. com. Petrop. xiii. 460. t. 11. 12. — Taurelephas. Ludolf, aethiop. i. c. 10. n. 1. — 

 Buffalo. Sm. Buff. vi. 151. pi. clxviii. Barbot, guin. 209. 486. Penn. hift. of quad, n 8. Zim- 

 merman. 369 Buffel. Gefn. thierb. 58.— Buffelochfen. Kolben, Cape. 143. t. 5. f. 2. Br. muf. 



Afhm. muf. Lev. muf. 



Inhabits Afia, being found wild in Malabar, Borneo, and Ceylon, and is domefticated in Africa, 

 India, and Italy. — The Buffalo is larger, and more thickly made than the Domeftic Ox, with which 

 fpecies it will not propagate : The different times of geftation fhew the difference of fpecies, as the 

 Common Cow goes nine, and the female Buffalo twelve, months with young. They were introdu- 

 ced 



