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Show 200 MAMMALIA. . h•tc h hav, e a fi ne cu rly fleece ' with large spiral horns on tShpea mma, lwe now b eg.m n.m g to be diffused throughout Europe, and ' 1 d whose wool is fine and long. that of Eng an ' . ty in southern Russia has a very long The most common varie 1 . 'I Those o f I n dl. a an d of Guinea' which also have fo ng tails, taarle · distingui. shed b y• h · long legs very convex oreheads, t eir ' . t of horns and short ha1r. pendent ears, wan d f Asia has almost every where a The north of Europe an o . f p b ed of small Sh eep W'lt h a very shm·t ta1I. In th•e race od belr · ·r e Tartary an d Ch'm a, the tail is transformed mto a oud de silao,b e of fat ;' m. that o f S yr.i a and Barbary it is long, ·but loa e g . th I. mmense mass of the same substance. In both the ears Warl e paenn dent, the h orns o f the males. larg.e ' those of the females derate and the wool is mixed Wlth hair. rn~heep ~re valuable for their flesh, suet, milk, skin, and wool; ed flocks are every where the sources of wealth. well manag d at two months and shed their milk teeth Lambs are weane ' . · between t h e fi rs t an d third year. The period . of gestatiOn ts five months, and two lambs are produced at a birth. Bos, Lin. The horns of the Ox are directed lateralI y, .m er ~ m.n g up. wards odr forwards, in the form of a crescent; it is a large ammal, With a broa muzzle, short and thick body, and stout legs. 0 ) Its spe· B taurus L.,· Buff. IV, xvi. (The Common x. d cific · charact' ers are a flat forehead, longer t h a~ b ro~ d ' and rroiudn e h S Placed at the extremities of the sahent hne or ~ orn , . I the fosstl which separates the forehead from the occ.Iput. . n . a wild crania which appear to have belonged to this species m d state, (the Urus of the ancients) the horns curve f~n':ards ~: downwards; but in the numberless domestic var~ettes, t ~ have very different d1. rect1. 0ns, an d are o f as many sizes-some f times they are even totally want.m g. Th e corn mon races od the torrid zone have, all, a lump of fat upon the sh~~ld:rrs~::s-e some of them are not larger than the Hog. The utlht_y b'd animals for labour and the value of their flesh, fat, tmlk, . 1 ~' and horns are know' n to every one. The per1· 0 d o f gestatiOn ts nine months. . b f the B Uru8 Gm • Urus or Bison of the ancients; Zu r 0 Pola•n ders'; Ges·n'. CL VII. (The Aurochs.) Genera1 1 y, but erroneously, considered as the wl. l d stock o f our horned c.a tht 1 e.. It 1. s di. stm. gu1. shed from them by 1. ts convex ~1 ore head ' wlnc hIe 5 wider than 1. t I. s h1. gh, by the m. sert1. 0n o f 1. t s horns below t ·r occipital crest, by the length of its legs, by an ad d1' t1. on al pat RUM IN ANTI A. 201 of ribs, by a sort of curly wool, which covers the head and neck of the bull, forming a short beard under the throat, and by its grunting voice. It is a savage animal that has now taken refuge in the great marshy forests of Lithuania, of the Krapacs and of Caucasus, but which formerly inhabited all the temperate parts of Europe. It is the largest quadruped proper to Europe. B. bison, L.; B. americanus, Gm.; Buff. Supp. III, v; F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Buffalo or Bison of America.) The bony head very similar to that of the Aurochs, and covered like it, the neck and shoulders also, with frizzled wool, which becomes very long in winter; its legs and tail are shorter. Inhabits all the temperate parts of North America. B. bubalus, L.; Buff. XI, xxv; Wild Ox of Jlrachosia, of Aristotle. (The Buffalo.) Originally from India, and brought into Egypt, Greece, and Italy during the middle century; has a convex forehead, higher than wide, the horns directed sideways, and marked in front by a longitudinal ridge. This animal is subdued with difficulty, but is extremely powerful, and prefers the marshy grounds, and coarse plants on which the Ox could not live. Its milk is good, andJ the hide very strong, but the flesh is not esteemed. There is a race of them in India, whose horns include a space of ten feet from tip to tip: it is called .!lrni in Hindostan, and is the Boa arni of Shaw. B. frontalis, Lambert, Linn. Trans. VII, pl. 4; and F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Gyall.) Resembles the domestic Ox in the greater part of its characters, but its horns are flattened from before backwards, and are without angular ridges. They are directed sideways and more or Jess upwards, but not backwards. The hair is short and black, except on the forehead, and on a line along the back, where it is grey or fawn-coloured, and on the legs, where it is white. It is a domestic race in the mountain districts of the north-west of India, and which is perhaps descended from the Buffalo and the common species. B. grunniens, Pall.; Horse-tailed BuJfalo; Grunting Cow of Tartary, &c.; Sch. CCXCIX, A. B. (The Yack.) A small species, with the tail completely covered with long hairs like that of the Horse, and a long mane on the back. Its head appears to resemble that of the Buffalo, but the horns have not been sufficiently described. This animal, of ~hich .JElian has spoken, is originaJiy from the mountains of Thibet. Its tail constitutes the standards still used by the Turks to distinguish the superior officers. B. ca./fer, Sparm.; Schr. CCCI. (The Cape Buffalo.) Very VoL. I.-2 A |
