MAMMALIA. PtCORA. Bos. tar 
Inhabits Afia, domefticated in Africa, India and Italy 1 fize of 
a cow, 2) fmalkr; gtavid 12 months. 
Skin tough ; hair black or dufky, fcanty ; head fmall, with 
curly hair on the forehead ; horns black, thick ; dewlap o • 
broad; f)'« white: ftiort, flender. 
^afer. Horns broad, approaching at the bafe, and then divaricating 
backwards^ tips turned .upwards and inwards; mane 
Ihort. Cape Ox. 
Inhabits Africa and Guinea; very large, ftrong and fierce; 
lives in woods, wallows in mire, dangerous to travellers, tram- 
ples men, hotles and oxen under its feet; fo Iwift that in 
running up hill it is not eafily ovejtaktin by a horfc : 5^ feet 
high. 
Body black or dark afh : fact covered with long harih hair r 
horns thick, black, kiid flat on the head : Jkin tough : ears 
pendulous : tflil fhort, tufted, blagk at the tip r JleJh coarfe, 
of the flavor of venilbn. 
^‘iebatusi Horns fliort; chin and breaft bearded; Baas. 
Inhabits north of the Cape : larger than an ox : grey* 
^‘^onilus. Horns nearly ereft, clofe at the bafe, then divergent and 
approaching at the tips. Dwarf Ox. 
Inhabits Africa ; lei's than a flag, well made : Jkoulders a little 
elevated: hair tawny-brown, Ihining: tail with long, coarie 
hair at the end. 
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