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THE BOVINE TRIBE OR OXEN. 
will shew the convex skull of the Auroch, with the 
position of the horns ; while beneath is given that of 
the domestic breed. There are other parts of their 
form which are also very different. The limbs of the 
Auroch are slighter, and more slender, and the num- 
ber of ribs is fourteen, whereas in the domestic breeds 
they are only thirteen. The Aurochs belong to the 
Bisontine group. 
The Buffalo belongs to the Bubaline group, and 
differs even more than the Aurochs in form. 
Major Smith places the fossil species, under the 
title of Bos ( taurus) Urus, and considers the wild 
cattle of our parks as the white variety. The cut 
below exhibits the form of the head of Cuvier’s fossil 
