BOSELAPHUS OREAS. 
Form, &c. — Head small, for the size of the animal, rather delicately made, 
and with a gentle and somewhat ovine expression ; neck tapered superiorly 
rather deep, and bulky towards chest. Body heavy, robust, and rounded ; 
limbs elegantly made, and rather slender; hoofs small, false hoofs subhemi- 
spherical. Tail slender, with a bushy tuft of long hair at the point. Forehead 
rather broad, and covered with a dense coating of long rigid hair, all of which 
is inclined backwards and towards the centre of the head ; the hair covering 
the lower part of the face and the sides is short and recumbent, that on the 
under surface of lower jaw longest and very wiry; on the sides of the upper 
lip, towards the muzzle, some long bristles, others on the under surface of the 
lower jaw. Eyes moderately large, full, and soft; eyelashes bristly and 
long. Lachrymal punctum small, circular, and situated a little in front of 
the inner canthus of the eye, in a narrow longitudinal bare stripe, which 
extends forwards from the union of the two eyelids. Horns placed on the 
crown of the head, upwards and backwards from the eyes ; they slope 
slightly backwards and are very thick towards the base, near which each is 
so twisted as to exhibit two spiral turns, each turn having superimposed an 
obtuse spiral ridge ; the two last thirds of the horns straight, and tapered to 
a point. Ears long, narrow, pointed, and internally with three longitudinal 
bands of rather long coarse hair, outer surface covered with short hair. 
The hair of the neck is abundant, and longer than that on the body ; that of 
the mane is reversed, is longer than that of the neck and shortest towards the 
hinder part of the shoulders, where it terminates ; the hair of the dark dorsal 
line, and of the back, sides, belly, and legs rather thinly set, short, and 
directed backwards on the body and downwards on the limbs. The hair of 
the tail is very short till close to the point, where, in the form of a tuft, it is 
nearly eight inches long. Dewlap situated near to the breast ; subovate, 
compressed, and edged with a fringe of long rigid hair ; muzzle bare. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Feet. 
Inches. 
Feet. 
Inches. 
Length from the horns to the base of 
Height at the shoulder 
9| 
the tail 
8 
ii 
at the crupper 
. . 5 
7 
of the head 
1 
Length of the fore legs 
2 
n 
of the ears 
0 
9 
. 3 
9 
of the horns 
2 
10 
of the tail 
2 
6 
Distance between the eyes and the 
of the dewlap at its base . 
. . i 
8 
horns 
0 
H 
