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BUFFALO. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Bos Bubalus. B. cornibus resupinatis intortis, antice planis. 
Syst. Nat. Linn. ed. Gmel. 1 . p. 20(5. 
Horns straight to a great length from the base, 
then bending upwards ; flat on the forepart. 
Bos indicus. Plin. Hist. Nat. viii. c. 45. 
Buffle. Kolle. Desc. du Cap de Bonne Esp. 
t. 3. p. 25. pi. at p. 54. fig. 3. 
Buffalo. . . Sm. Buff. v. 6. p. 150. pi. 170. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. ed. 3. v. 1 . p. 2S. Bew. Quadr. p. 43. 
Shaw Gen. Zool. 1 . p. 401. 
Buffaloes are natives of the southern regions of 
Asia and Africa, and in size give place only to the 
elephant, the rhinoceros, and the hippopotamus. 
The Cape variety of this animal ( Bos Coffer Linn.) 
is a very strong and fierce creature. His frame is 
remarkably muscular; and although not taller than 
a common-sized ox, the African buffalo is at least 
twice his bulk. The horns at the base are each 
twelve or thirteen inches broad, and are separated 
only by a narrow channel, which fills up with age, 
and gives to the animal a forehead completely co- 
vered with a rugged mass of horn as hard as rock. 
From the base they diverge downwards, and are in- 
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