. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. THE ANNA LS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. [NINTH SERIES.] No. 12. DECEMBER 1918. XLIV.— On some External Characters of Ruminant Artio- dactvla. — Part VI. The Bovinse. By ii. I. Pocock, Subfamily Bovine. I retain this subfamily as a matter of convenience only, being unacquainted with a single character of importance by which it may be distinguished from the Tragelaphinae. On the other hand, close affiliation between the two is attested by a large number of common cha
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. THE ANNA LS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. [NINTH SERIES.] No. 12. DECEMBER 1918. XLIV.— On some External Characters of Ruminant Artio- dactvla. — Part VI. The Bovinse. By ii. I. Pocock, Subfamily Bovine. I retain this subfamily as a matter of convenience only, being unacquainted with a single character of importance by which it may be distinguished from the Tragelaphinae. On the other hand, close affiliation between the two is attested by a large number of common characters. Indeed, Anoa depressicornis, the most primitive form of Boviiue, quite commonly shows the typically Tragelaphine white spots and patches on the face, throat, and feet, which must be regarded as strong evidence of near affinity with the Tragelaphine stock, as I pointed out in 1910. For close upon a century there has been great divergence of opinion regarding the status of the groups into which the species of the Bovinse naturally fall. In 1827 Hamilton Smith split up the Linnaean genus Bos into a number of sub- genera—Bison, Bibos, etc. By Gray, who added Poephagus to the series, these were granted generic rank. In this opinion he was followed by Rutimeyer, and more recently by Matschie. English authors, like Blanford, Flower, and Lydekker, on the contrary, retained the genus Bos in a comprehensive sense, giving subordinate rank to the others. In 1910 I followed that course, being unable to find evidence from the characters I was then working at for defining the Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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