. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . India—Mamm. p. 484(1891) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 124 (1H91) ;Huet, Bull. Soc. Acc/im. Paris, vol. xxxviii. p. 12 (1891) ; Ward, Recordsof Big Game, p. 270 (1896) ; Pollok, Zoologist, ser. 4, vol. ii. p. 2(1898). Bos [B/son) gaurus, H. Smith, in Griffiths Animal Kingdom, vol. Z7?> (1827). Bos gour, Hardwicke, Zool. Journ. vol. iii. p. 233 (1828); Cantor,yourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p. 272 (1846). Bos gaycrus, Hardwicke, loc. cit. (1828). Bison gaurus, Jardine, Naturalists Library—Mamm. vol. iv. p.
. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . India—Mamm. p. 484(1891) ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 124 (1H91) ;Huet, Bull. Soc. Acc/im. Paris, vol. xxxviii. p. 12 (1891) ; Ward, Recordsof Big Game, p. 270 (1896) ; Pollok, Zoologist, ser. 4, vol. ii. p. 2(1898). Bos [B/son) gaurus, H. Smith, in Griffiths Animal Kingdom, vol. Z7?> (1827). Bos gour, Hardwicke, Zool. Journ. vol. iii. p. 233 (1828); Cantor,yourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p. 272 (1846). Bos gaycrus, Hardwicke, loc. cit. (1828). Bison gaurus, Jardine, Naturalists Library—Mamm. vol. iv. p. 251(1836). Bibos subliemacbelus, Hodgson, yourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. vi. p. 499 Bibos cavifrons, Hodgson, yourn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. vi. p. 745 (1837), 24 Oxen X. p. 449 (1H41), xvi. p. 706 (1847) ; Elliot, Madras Joiirn. vol. x. p. 227,pis. V. and vi. (1839) ; Horstield, Cat. E. Liid. Mas. p. 181 (1851). Bos gaur, Sundevall, A. Svenska J\t. Ak. Handl. for 1844, P- S^(1846). Bibos gaiiras. Gray, Cat. Hodgson Coll. p. 24 (1846), Cat. Uaga/ata Fig. 3.—Head of Bull Gaur. After Forsyth, Wighliinds of Centnil India. Mus. p. 32 (1852), Cat. Riimuuuits Brit. Mas. p. 13 (1872) ; Riitimeyer,Denkschr. scdnccrz. Gcs. vol. xxii. art. :;, p. 170 (1867), Ah/i. sc/ncYiz. vol. V. p. 189 (1878) ; Davison, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 447. Bilws asstcl, Horsfield, Cat. E. lad. Mas. p. 181 (1851). Gav^eus gaaras, Blyth, yoara. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxix. p. 282 (i860) ;Jerdon, Mamm. lad. p. 301 (1867) ; Sterndale, Ma/iim. hid. p. 481(1884). Gaur 2^ Plate I. Characters.—Build massive (the body being deep luid the hmbs rela-tively short) and size large, the height in old bulls occasionally reachingas much as six teet four inches (nineteen hands) at the shoulder. Earslarge. The ridge on the back strongly developed, and ending in a suddendescent about midway between the shoulders and the tail. Skull witha high ridge on the vertex, forming a bold arch between the bases ofthe
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