Water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, and extinct auroch, Bos urus.

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Water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, and extinct auroch, Bos urus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Luigi Giarre and published by Batelli e Figli. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.

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