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Other cattle shown in the Saloon are the small Philippine 
Buffalo or Tamarau, B. [_Buhahis\ mindorensis ( 1044 ), and 
likewise the still smaller Anoa, B. \_Anoa'\ depressicornls 
( 1045 ), ot‘ Celebes — the latter, which occupies a case to itself, 
beino- the most diminutive member of the Oxen ; the Bison 
B. [i7zC’coi] honasus ( 1034 ), orio-inally a native of the large 
forests of Europe, l)ut now restricted to the C^aucasus and the 
forest of Bialowicza in Lithuania ; the American Bison 
Fig. 44. 
Miisk-Ox. 
B. hlson ( 1035 ) ; and the Tibetan Yak B. [Foeplia- 
gus\ grunniens ( 1033 ). 
The Musk-Ox, Ovihos moschatvs ( 1047 , fig. 44), is repre- 
sented by a skeleton in case 45* and stuffed specimens in case 45. 
Sheep form a small group, typically characterized by their 
thick, heavy, and transversely-ridged horns, curved spirally 
outwards, and their peculiar physiognomy. The specimens are 
in the large case (No. 47) placed against the north wall of the 
Saloon, and also in the separate case No. 46, on the top of 
which are horns, the remainder being arranged on the walls. 
The most wmrthy of note are the numerous races of the Great 
[Case 45.] 
[Gases 
46 & 47.] 
