. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 192 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. EUROPEAN BISON TAcse ivild animals of the Caucasus are very much scarcer than formerly, and are in danger of becoming extinct unknown period, and is among the most valuable o\ tame beasts of draught, as well as for dairy purposes. The various buffaloes usually have little hair, especially when old, and have flatter shoulders than the gaur, gayal, or bison. The pairs of ribs number thirteen. The African Buffalo Great differences in size and colour exist in the AFRI- CAN Buffaloes. Whether they are separate species or not m
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 192 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. EUROPEAN BISON TAcse ivild animals of the Caucasus are very much scarcer than formerly, and are in danger of becoming extinct unknown period, and is among the most valuable o\ tame beasts of draught, as well as for dairy purposes. The various buffaloes usually have little hair, especially when old, and have flatter shoulders than the gaur, gayal, or bison. The pairs of ribs number thirteen. The African Buffalo Great differences in size and colour exist in the AFRI- CAN Buffaloes. Whether they are separate species or not may be doubtful; but the small yellow CONGO Buffalo, with upturned short horns, is a vastly different creature from the large black Cape Buffalo. There is also an Abyssinian or brown race of African buffalo, and another in Senegambia smaller than the former, and a reputed grey race near Lake Tchad. The Cape buffalo is a heavy, thickset animal, all black in colour, with large massive horns covering the skull, and nearly meeting in the middle line of the forehead. In height it varies from 4 feet 10 inches to 5 feet at the shoulder. This species ranges from South Africa to the Congo on the west, and to the region of the Equator on the east of the continent. Firearms, and lately rinderpest, have greatly reduced the number of these creatures. They live and feed in herds, and, like the Indian species, are fond of the neighbourhood of water, in which they bathe, but are not so dependent on bathing and wallowing as the former. Fully as formidable as the Indian buffalo, and much like it in habits, the African species is quite distinct. It has different horns, broad at the base and curled and tapering at the ends. Among the extreme measurements of the Indian buffalo's horns recorded is one of 12 feet 2 inches from tip to tip along the curve. Those of the African buffalo are seldom more than 6 feet, measured in the same way. By far the greatest number of hunting accidents in Africa are cau
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