LITTLE INDIAN BUFFALO. 
ish ; the under part, and the long hairs at the 
point of the tail, are white, and a foot in 
length; and the rest of the body is variegated 
vith black and brown spots of different di- 
■ mensions, and slightly tinged ^vith a reddish 
colour. 
Buffon adds, that he had learned, from 
fresh enquiries, that the Zebu is probably the 
same animal which is called the Lant, or Dant, 
in Numidia, and several other northern pro- 
vinces of Africa, where it is very common; 
and that the name Dant, which solely pertains 
to this animal, has been transported from 
Africa to America, and given to an animal 
which has no resemblance to the former but 
in the size of it's bodv, and belongs to a very 
different species. This American Dam is, in 
fa6l, he says, the Tapir, or the Maipouri ; 
and the African Dant alone, which he consi- 
ders as our Zebu, the Little Indian Buffalo of 
Edwards. 
