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GAUR.
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Gaur 2 3
make a sudden drop to the thirteenth and the lumbars, the twelfth dorsal
being included in the side of this drop. Although the horns, as in
the typical group, are situated on its extreme vertex, the skull exhibits
certain differences of conformation on its hinder, or occipital aspect, by
m e a n so f which l i t may readily be distinguished from that o f the
latter.
Distribution.-—The Oriental region.
i . T h e - G a u rM-Bos g a u r u s
Bos gaurus, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 399
(1827) ; Evans, Journ. As.,,foe■ Bengal, vol. vi. p. 223, pi. xvi. ^1837) ;
Elliot, ibid. x. p. 572 (1841) ; Blyth, ibid. x|g|p. 444 (1842), xxi. p. 433
(1852), xxxi. p. 336 (1862) ; MacMaster, Notes on Jerdon, p. 128 (1870) ;
Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteal. Mus. Coll. Surgeons, pt. ii. p .^ 2 7 (1884) ;
Blanf&id, Prbcf Zool. Soc, 1890, p. 592, Fauna Brit. India—Mamm. p. 484
(1891) •; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. J i . p. 124 (1891) ;
Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. Paris, vol. xxxviii. p. 12 (1891) ; Ward, Records
o f Big Game, p. 270 (1896) ; Pollok, Zoologist, ser. 4, vol. ii. p. 2
(1898).
Bos [Bison) gaurus, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. v.
P- 373 (1827).
Bos gour, Hardwicke, Zool. Journ. vol. iii. p. 2 3 3 B 18 2 8 ) ; Cantor,
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p: '272 (1846).
Bos gayceus, Hardwicke, loMcit. (1828).. .
Bison gaurus, Jardine, Naturalist's Library—Mamm. Vol. .fyj p. 251
(18 36) -
Bibos subhemachelus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. vi. p. 499
(18 37) -
Bibos cavifrons, Hodgson, Journ. A s. Soc. Bengal, vol. vi. p. 745 (1837),