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The Bison, Low : Hist, of Tenasserim. 

 Bos (Bibos) cavifrons, Hodgson, apud Elliot. 

 Bos frontalis, Lambert, apud Gray : List. ( ? ?) 

 " Sapi utan" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Tenasserim, Hindoostan, Assam, Nipal, Southern Mahratta 

 country. 

 Numerous in the Malayan Peninsula. 



Bos Taurus, Var. Indicus, Linne. 



Syn. — " Sapi" (S. jantan, Bull ; S. betina, Cow) of the Malays of the 

 Peninsula. 

 Although this kind of cattle is plentifully bred in some of the Malay- 

 an countries, it is not in general use, and is less numerous than the 

 buffalo. 



Bubalus, Hamilton Smith. 



Bubalus Arnee, Hamilton Smith. 



Syn - . — Bos indicus, Plinius. 



Bos bubalus, Brisson. 



Bos arnee, Shaw. 



Bubalus ferus Indicus, Hodgson, apud Gray : List. 



Bubalus Buffelus, Gray : List. 



" Karbau" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Pinang, Singapore, Malayan Peninsula. 



Tenasserim, Southern China. 

 The wild buffalo is reported, but apparently without proof, to be in- 

 digenous in the Malayan Peninsula. Domesticated, it is very plentiful, 

 and is the principal draft- cattle employed by the Malays and the 

 Chinese settlers. The black- coloured, apparently the hardier, is prefer- 

 red by the Malays ; the reddish- white, freckled with brown, is the 

 greater favourite of the Chinese. Both are very slow, and as observed 

 by Lieut. Col. Low, delicate, and liable to sudden attacks of disease if 

 worked in the sun. 



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