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colour. There is also a domestic variety. This attimal 

 requires an intensely cold climate and will not live in 

 the plains* 



Nos. 42 and 43.— Qaveus gaurus.-~The 



Indian Wild Ox or Bison. 



Habitat. — All the large forests of India from the 

 foot of the Himalayas to Hear Cape Comorin. 



This animal is well known in Travancore and he 

 differs in no respect from his brethren in the Central 

 Provinces and the Himalayan Terai* Of the two 

 heads in this collection the smaller one is a young 

 bull from the Central Provinces. 



No. 44.— Bubalus ArnL— The wild Buffalo. 



Habitat. —The swampy Terai from Oude to Bhutan^ 

 Assam, Burmah, Lower Bengal, Central India, down 

 to the Godaveri and in Ceylon. 



In appearance the wild buffalo is Very like the ordi- 

 nary domesticated animal, He may be a trifle bigger. 

 A large male will stand 19 hands at the shoulder and 

 measure 10J feet from the nose to the root of the tail. 



