Delineations of the Ox Tribe. George Vasey

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.

       INTRODUCTION.

       THE OX TRIBE

       Genus BOS,

       THE AMERICAN BISON.

       Bos Americanus.

       THE AUROCHS, OR EUROPEAN BISON.

       Bos Bison.

       THE YAK, OR SOORA-GOY.

       Bos Grunniens.

       THE GYALL, (Bos Frontalis of Lambert;)

       THE GAYAL, (Bos Gavæus of Colebrooke;)

       THE JUNGLY GAU, (Bos Sylhetanus of F. Cuvier.)

       THE GYALL.

       " Bos Frontalis.

       THE GAYAL.

       THE TAME OR DOMESTIC GAYAL.

       THE JUNGLY GAU.

       Bos Sylhetanus. (Cuv.)

       THE BUFFALO.

       THE ITALIAN BUFFALO.

       Bos Bubalus.

       The Manilla Buffalo.

       Bos Bubalis?

       PULO CONDORE BUFFALO.

       Bos Bubalus?

       THE CAPE BUFFALO.

       Bos Caffer.

       THE PEGASSE.

       Bos Pegasus.

       THE GAUR, OR GOUR.

       Bos Gaurus.

       THE ARNEE, OR ARNA.

       THE ZAMOUSE, OR BUSH COW.

       Bos Brachyceros.

       THE MUSK OX.

       Bos Moschatus.

       THE SANGA, OR GALLA OX.

       (See Frontispiece) . Bos ——?

       INDIAN DOMESTIC CATTLE.

       Bos ——?

       THE ZEBU, OR BRAHMIN OX.—(Var. α.)

       THE DOMESTIC OXEN OF THE HOTTENTOTS, CALLED BACKELEYS, BACKELEYERS, OR BAKELY-OSSE.

       Bos ——?

       AFRICAN BULL.

       CHILLINGHAM WHITE CATTLE.

       Bos Taurus.—Restricted Variety.

       THE KYLOE, OR HIGHLAND OX.

       Bos Taurus.

       TABLE OF THE NUMBER OF VERTEBRÆ IN THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOS.

       TABLE OF THE PERIODS OF GESTATION OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOS.

       NOTE ON THE AMERICAN BISON.

       APPENDIX