. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORNED ANIMALSâDOMESTIC OXEN. 481 The Park Ox, or The Park Ox (Bos scoticus) is of mid- Wild Ox of die stature, and of strong but not Britain. clumsy structure. The hair is short and lies close to the body; on the neck and top of the head it is longer and curly; it is uniformly of a milk white hue, except on the muzzle, the ears, horns and hoofs. The ears are reddish-brown on their inner surface, the fore part of the muzzle is brown, the eyes are bordere
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORNED ANIMALSâDOMESTIC OXEN. 481 The Park Ox, or The Park Ox (Bos scoticus) is of mid- Wild Ox of die stature, and of strong but not Britain. clumsy structure. The hair is short and lies close to the body; on the neck and top of the head it is longer and curly; it is uniformly of a milk white hue, except on the muzzle, the ears, horns and hoofs. The ears are reddish-brown on their inner surface, the fore part of the muzzle is brown, the eyes are bordered with black, the hoofs black and the horns are grayish white with black tips. The latter are moderately long, rather thin, slender and sharply pointed, and curve from their bases outward and upward, while the tips turn very slightly inward again. The aristocratic owners of the parks still existing in Scotland take a certain pride in extending their especial protection to these animals, the relics of peculiarities with the exception of the white color, being generally a plain black, brown, red or yel- lowish brownâa black ring encircling the eyes and mouth. v The Freiburg or In describing a few breeds of the Swiss Ox De- humpless domestic Ox, I will briefly scribed. mention three specially prominent breeds. The Ox of Freiburg or Swiss Ox (Bos taunts friburgcusis) may be taken as a type of the Alpine Cattle, which are bred in a great many strains, showing a marked variety among them- selves. It is a well-shaped animal with a moder- ately large head, a broad forehead, a short thick neck, a prominent dewlap, a long, broad-backed body, sturdy limbs and a long tail terminating in a large tuft. It has relatively short, rather weak, but very pointed horns, which curve outward and upward,. THE PARK OX. The \wld of Britain are still preserved in several British parks, and are believed by some authorities to approach nearest to the ancient Urus, or Aurochs, which are by many su
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