. The game animals of Africa . ), from the regionbetween Tanganyika and the Albert Edward Nyanza, differs by themore marked backward and inward direction of the horn-tips, whiletheir axis forms with that of the basal portion an angle of about 65^. The name of Sudan buffalo may be employed (in place of Abys- AFRICAN BUFFALO 73 sinian) for B. c. cequinoctialis, which was first named on the evidenceof a skull brought by Consul Petherick from East Central Africa, butis also known to occur on the White Nile. The tips of the horns areshort, less than a third of the whole horn-length ; they taper rap
. The game animals of Africa . ), from the regionbetween Tanganyika and the Albert Edward Nyanza, differs by themore marked backward and inward direction of the horn-tips, whiletheir axis forms with that of the basal portion an angle of about 65^. The name of Sudan buffalo may be employed (in place of Abys- AFRICAN BUFFALO 73 sinian) for B. c. cequinoctialis, which was first named on the evidenceof a skull brought by Consul Petherick from East Central Africa, butis also known to occur on the White Nile. The tips of the horns areshort, less than a third of the whole horn-length ; they taper rapidly,and are directed more inwards than backwards, while their axis formsan angle of about 56° with that of the basal portion, which is muchthickened. The Senegambian buffalo {B. ) may be distinguished fromthe preceding by the nearly cylindrical bases of the horns (fig. 26), whichare not markedly thickened, and the gradual tapering of the terminalportion ; this being directed upwards and strongly inwards and back-. FlG. 25.—Horns of the Limpopo Buftalo, from a siiecimen shot on the Sabi river. Mr. F. H. Earlier wards, with its axis forming an angle of about 80 with that of thebasal portion. In addition to these there is the Semliki buffalo {B. c. cottoiiz),described by myself in the Field of January 5, 1907, which is redwhen immature, and dark brown or blackish when fully adult (at allevents in the case of the bulls). I am not in a position to compareits horns with those of the other members of the red group, but itdiffers from the Kivu race in having the tail-tip black in place of white. In regard to the subdivision of the buffaloes of southern Africa byDr. Matschie, the following comments were furnished by Mr. F. to the Field for January 1908 (vol. cxi. p. 71):— It would be of interest to know the number of skulls and hornson which Dr. Matschie has based his conclusions as to the distinctness 74 CATTLE of the Orange river buffaloes from those inhabit
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