. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. BOVINyE 67 11. 6. 10. 115. Skull, with horns, and skin. Upper Gamhia. Same history. 46. 10. 16. 1. Skeleton, female. Gamhia; collected hy Whitfield. Skull exhihited. Presented hy the Earl of Derhy, 1846. R.—Bos caffer hunti. Bos (Bubalus) caffer huuti, LydekJcer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 240. Typical locality Southern Nigeria. Size smaller than in preceding race, with which this agrees in general colour, but with no orange-tawny band on throat. Fig. 19.—Head of S. Nigerian
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. BOVINyE 67 11. 6. 10. 115. Skull, with horns, and skin. Upper Gamhia. Same history. 46. 10. 16. 1. Skeleton, female. Gamhia; collected hy Whitfield. Skull exhihited. Presented hy the Earl of Derhy, 1846. R.—Bos caffer hunti. Bos (Bubalus) caffer huuti, LydekJcer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 240. Typical locality Southern Nigeria. Size smaller than in preceding race, with which this agrees in general colour, but with no orange-tawny band on throat. Fig. 19.—Head of S. Nigerian Buffalo {Bos caffer hunti). Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913. of COWS, and that in bulls narrower. Male horns differ from those of |:>/<xm(^(??'06^ by the front surface sloping regularly backwards nearly in one plane, instead of curving at first backwards, then forwards, and finally backwards. Some old retain the immature red colour. F 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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