BUFFALO. 
The Buffalo, or Bos Bubalus of Linnaeus, 
is characterised, in the Systema Naturae, as 
having flat horns, -which are first extended out- 
^A'ards, then turned upwards, and bent inwards 
at the ends. It is the Buffelus, of Aldrovan- 
dus, and of Klein; the Buffalus, of Pallas ; the 
Taurelephas, of Ludolfus; the Buffelochsen, 
of Kolben; the BufHe^ of Buffon ; and the 
Buffalo, of Zimmerman, of Pennant, and of 
all the modern English naturalists. 
The Buffalo," says Euffon, '^though 
now common in Greece, and domesticated in 
Italy, was unknown both to the ancient Greeks 
and Romans ; for, it has no name in the lan- 
guages of these people. Even the word Buf- 
falo, indicates a foreign origin ; since it has 
no root, either in Greek or Latin. In short, 
this animal Is a native of the warm regions of 
Africa and the Indies ; and was not transport- 
ed, and naturalized in Italy, till about the se- 
venth century. The moderns have improper- 
ly applied to it the name Bubalus : which, in*- 
deed, 
