BUBALUS LUNATUS. 
hair; the last two-thirds is fringed posteriorly with long hair, all directed 
backwards ; the under surface of the tail is bare and the skin soft and 
delicate. Teats two, udder and groins covered with short fine hair; no 
inguinal pores. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Ft. Inch. 
Ft. 
Inch. 
Length from the nose to the base of 
Distance between the eye and the nose 
0 
ii 
the tail 
6 10 
between the horns at the 
of the tail 
1 
base •• 
0 
3 h 
from the tip of the nose to the 
between the horns at the tip 
1 
1 
base of the horns 
1 H 
Height at the withers 
4 
0 
of the horns 
1 1 
at the croup 
3 
H 
of the ears 0 7 
The colours of both sexes are nearly the same, and little discrepancy exists 
in point of size. The upper part of the neck of the male is generally broader 
than that of the female, a circumstance observed in most of the antelope 
tribe. 
Between the appearances of the horns ot Sassaby and Caama there are such marked differences, 
that we must at once conclude no valid importance ought to be attached either to the form or 
direction of horns in the grouping of species. The suboculav glands also differ materially in these 
two animals ; in Caama, they are covered with short hair, similar to that of the other parts of the 
face; in Sassaby they are without covering. In Caama, the last portion of the tail is completely 
encircled with hair ; in Sassaby the sides and upper surface only are so furnished, the under sur- 
face being bare. In general appearance the two animals present a strong resemblance to each 
other. 
The Sassaby has rarely been known to advance to the southward of Latakoo, and at present 
but few individuals reach the latitude of that place, which the aborigines ascribe to the dread 
the animal has of tire-arms. To the northward and eastward of Latakoo, however, specimens 
are to be seen in tolerable numbers, yet not in the abundance in which they occur in the 
country northwards of Kurrichane. While B. Caama seems to prefer the open grassy plains for 
its feeding places, the Sassaby apparently delights to resort to situations in the vicinity of wood, 
or to such as are actually wooded, and in districts of the latter description large herds are often 
observed feeding among the dense brushwood without apparent concern. All the individuals 
we saw near to Latakoo were vigilant in watching our motions, and apparently little disposed 
to trust themselves within our reach ; while those again on the other side of Kurrichane were 
comparatively tame, and though they did not actually resist our approach, yet they often 
continued in the situations in which we discovered them, until they were quite within the range 
of our guns, and even after being fired at they only retreated slowly, and rarely without frequently 
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