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THE SYLHET OX. 
Bison Sylhetanus — F. Cuv. 
PLATE XXXI. 
Jungly-gau, F. Cuv. Hist. Naturelle des Mammif. 
This animal was discovered wild in the moun- 
tains of Sylhet by M. Alfred Duvancel, and a de- 
scription and figure remitted to Frederic Cuvier, 
who has pubUsjied them in his great work. Both 
these gentlemen were at first inclined to consider it 
as one of the states or varieties of the domestic cattle; 
and the opinion of the former was not changed un- 
til he saw it on its native hills. They were as abun- 
dant and as extensively spread as the buffalo. They 
become soon domesticated when taken, and their 
milk is more abundant, and reckoned better than that 
of the other. They are hunted like the buffalo upon 
elephants. 
The horns of the Sylhet bull are placed at the 
edges of the occipital crest, and are directed to the 
sides. They are compressed at the base, and be- 
come smooth as the animal increases in age. The 
hump on the shoulders is reduced to a slight fatty 
eminence, which reaches to the middle of the back. 
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