ANOA. SHEEP. 



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case; and a huge pair of horns — once the property of Sir Hans 

 Sloane — on the south wall of the Pavilion. The Tamarao, or 

 Philippine Buffalo (B. mindorensis, 1044), is a smaller animal, in 

 many respects intermediate between the Indian Buffalo and the 

 Anoa, or dwarf Celebes Buffalo (B. depressicornis, 1045). 



The Anoa ^ S a ^ >ea( ty mentioned, the Anoa [Case 44.] 



(1045) of Celebes is the smallest 



Bos [Bubalus] depressicornis. and most aWrant of the 0xen> 



The horns are peculiar for their upright direction and comparative 

 straightness, although they have the same triangular section as in 

 the Buffaloes. White spots are sometimes present just below the 

 eyes, and there may be white markings on the legs and back ; 

 this type of colouring is unlike that of other wild Oxen, and 

 approximates to that of the Antelopes. The horns of the cows 

 are very small. The nearest allies of the Anoa seem to be 

 certain extinct Buffaloes of which the remains are found in the 

 Siwalik Hills of Northern India. In habits the animal appears 

 to resemble the Indian Buffalo. Young Anoas have thick woolly 

 coats, frequently brown in colour, but the skins of the adults are 

 nearly naked and black. 



Shppn Together with the Goats, the Sheep form a subfamily [Pavilion 



(Caprince) of the Bovida differing from the Oxen end of 

 GenilS Ovis . Lower 



{Bovince) by their slender hairy muzzles, and narrow Mammal 



upper molar teeth, which have no additional column on the inner & a ^orth 



side. They pass almost imperceptibly into the Goats. Both sexes Hall. 



usually possess horns, but those of the females are small. In the ^ a ^g S -j^ 



males the horns are generally angulated, and marked by tine 



transverse wrinkles; their colour being greenish or brownish. 



They are directed outwards, and curve in an open spiral, with the 



tips directed outwards. Although there may be a fringe of hair 



on the throat, the males have no beard on the chin ; and they also 



lack the strong odour characteristic of the Goats. The upper lip 



of all Sheep has a vertical groove, connected with the bare skin of 



the nose. Usually the tail is short; and in all the wild species 



the coat takes the form of hair, and not of wool. Wild Sheep 



attain their maximum development, both in respect of number and 



size, in Central Asia. They associate either in large flocks, or in 



