6. H a r l a n ’s B ison- B os l a t i f r o n s {Extinct)
Bos latifrons, Harlan, Fauna Americana, p. 273' (1825) ; H. Smith, in
Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 410' (1827) ; Lydekker, Horns and
Hoofs, p. 37 (1893).
Bison latfrons, Leidy, Proc. Acad. Philadelphia, vol. vi. pnm 1 7 (1 8 3 a),
Extinct Vertebrata Western Territories (17. S. Geol. Survey), pp. 253 and 318
(1873) ; Allen, Mem. Mus. Harvard, vol. iv rp .^B (i8 7 6 ) ; Wilckens, B io t
Gentralblatt, vol. v. p. 1 1 7 (18 8 5 ); Lydekker, Cat. FoMMamm. Brit.
Mus. pt. ii. p. 27 (1885) ; Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Philadelphia, 1895, p. 245,
1897, p. 500 ; Stewart, Kansas Quarterly, vol. v. p. 127-(1897).
Characters.—The enormous size, wide, flat forehead, and long, nearly
straight horn-cores seem to indicate the specific distinctness of thiBpiitherh
form from Bos pristus. In a skull in the British Museum from the Brazos
river, Texas, the horn-Cores, although very imperfect, measure 45 inches;
along the curve, with a basal girth of 16-^ inches ; the frontal width being
14 inches. When complete, the length along She, curve must have been ap
least 60 inches;
Distribution.—The southern United States, especially eastern Kentucky
and Texas, during the Plistocene period.
7. T h e C e n t r a l A m er ic a n Bison B os scahiockros (Extinct), ’
Bison scaphoceros. Cope, Journj Acad. Philadelphia, 1895, p. 45JH
Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Philadelphia, 1897, p. 500.
Characters.-—The extreme southern range of this form i|gjtn favour of
its right to specific distinctnesSS and, in any case, renders it of special
interest as marking the extreme southern limit reached by any member of
the hollow-horned ruminants in America. The horn-eores are remarkable
for their abrupt curvature, and are also relatively stout.
Distribution,—The mountainous districts of Southern Mexico and
Northern Nicaragua, it is said, during the Pliocene period.
v. B u b a l in e G roup— S ub- G enus B ub a lu s
Bubatus, H. Smith, in G r if f i th ^ » » » / Kingdom, vol. v. p. 371 (1827),
as a sub-genus; Gray, Cat. TJngulata Brit. Mus. p. 23 (1832).
Anoa, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. v. p. 335 (1827),
* ls ,a 'sub-genus,; Gray, Cat. Ungu/ata Brit. Mus. p. 29 (1852).
Buffelus, Rutimeyer, Verb. Ges. Basgf ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 334 (1865),
Denkschr. gchweiz, Ges^wol. xxii. part 2, art. 3, p. 52 (1867), Abh.fchweiz.
pal. Ges. vol. v. p. 189 (1878) ; Matschie, Sdugeth. deutsch. Ost.-Afrika,
p. 107 (1896).
Probubulus, R u tim e ye r ,1 Verh. Ges. Basel, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 334 (1865),
Denkschrfsckw evm Ges. vol.' xxii. part 2, art. 3, p. 52 (1867), Abh.
Wsch-weiz. pal. Ges. vol. v . p. 122 (Ml78)*
Hemibos, Kutimdyer,. Denkschr. fkw eiz. Ges. v o p x xn . part 2, art. 3,
p. 22 (1867) ; Falconer and Cautley, in Falconer’s P al. Mem. vol. i. p. 456
(1868).
Amphibos, R u tim e ye r , Denkschr;. schveiz. Ges. vol. x x ii. part 2, art. 3,
p. 29 (1867), Abh. schrniz. pal. Ges. vol. v. p. I47', i i *w t ’ ^ concr
and C au tle yHfn F a l c o n e ^ Pa l. Mem. p. 547 ..I1 868).
Peribos, L yd ek k e r , P a l, Ind. {Mem. Geol. Surv. b id .), ser. 10, v | | i.
p. 1 4 1 (1878). _
Characters.— Build generally massive:; neck short; muzzle broad ; hair
more or less sparse, leaving the skin in old age nearly bare; feet and hoofs
large and broad ; and the tail of moderate length, with a terminal tuft of
variable size. Horns usually large and massive, angulated, and more or
1 This riame was suggested for the- anoa, together with Hemg uvalemu { = triquetrum,is) and
Ampdcficuticorms, but as n e ith e ® , these' two latter weTe then dS«bed,;it must be typified by the
Ge|i|Hbuffalb, 4nd is thus a syfibnym of the earlier A m .