. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . nown only in the domesticated state from India, Burma,China, Siam, Africa, and Madagascar. Properly speaking, therefore, thespecies does not come within the scope of the present volume, but since itis important that its right to distinction should be recognised, it has beenthought better to give the above brief notice. It may be added that theorigin of the name -zebu is quite unknown, it being foreign to all thenative languages of India. 4. The Siwalik Ox—Bos acutifrons {Extinct) Bos acutifrons., Lydekker, Rcc. Geo/. Surv. India, vo
. Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . nown only in the domesticated state from India, Burma,China, Siam, Africa, and Madagascar. Properly speaking, therefore, thespecies does not come within the scope of the present volume, but since itis important that its right to distinction should be recognised, it has beenthought better to give the above brief notice. It may be added that theorigin of the name -zebu is quite unknown, it being foreign to all thenative languages of India. 4. The Siwalik Ox—Bos acutifrons {Extinct) Bos acutifrons., Lydekker, Rcc. Geo/. Surv. India, vol. x. p. 30 (1877),Pa/. Ind. {Mem. Geo/. Surv. Im/.), ser. 10, vol. i. pp. i 12 and 173, pis. xiii. (1878). C/iaracters.—.\. magnificent species differing from other members of thepresent group by the convexity of the forehead, the shorter interval betweenthe bases of the horn-cores and the sockets of the eyes, the curvature andpyriform section of the enormous horn-cores, which are set closer togetheron the forehead, and the form of the
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