Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. Coll. Surg. part ii. p. 230 (1884) ; Pechuel-
Loesche, Zool. Jah rb . Syst. vol. iii. p.. 7 1 1 , pi. xxviii. figs. 3, 4 (1888) ;
Pwsargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv. p. 83 (1897),
Bubalus pumilus occidentalis, Brooke, P r ig Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 483.
Bubalus brachyceros, Bocage, J. Soc. Lisbon, ser. 2, vol. ii. p. 25 (1890) ;
Matschie, Sdugethiere Togogebietes, p. 19 (1893) ; nec Gray, 1837.
Plate F i l l .
Characterilgmize. comparatively small and the build light and slender,
the height at the shoulder being'about 3 feet 6 inches. Forehead of skull
nearly ■ flat, without any concavity in the profile below the horns. In
fully adult bulls from the Congo the horns
closely approximated at their bases, where
they are rugose and much expanded and
flattened ; their direction at first mainly upwards,
after which they become smooth and
are suddenly bent inwards and backwards, to
terminateKn long slender tips, which may
be very close together, and thus Situated
directly above the forehead (fig. In
younger bulls, (fig. 22) leH expanded and
approximated at the bases, and more widely
F ig . 2 2 .— Skull and horns of bull Congo
separated at the tipi. In cows the horns are
Buffalo', from the Niger territory.
likewise often less flattened \ and expanded,
ia®(Rowland Ward, Records o f Big
Game.WmM
and more widely separated at the bases and
tips ; in some specimenBfrom the Congo they are almost cylindrical, and
in most examples from Sierra Leone they are widely separated on the
forehead and diverge outwardly more in the manner of centralis.
Hair on the body moderately thick and close, very long on the margins
of the ears and the middle line of the neck and back, where it forms