BOVI DYE, a family of mammals, comprising the sub-families Antilopinm, Caprinm, and Bovinve. The Antilopinm have been enumerated under their own heading ; the others are as under :— Sub-Fern. Caprinm, goats and sheep. Nemorlicedus bubalina, Jerdon.
N. proclivus, Hodgs. I Antilope thar, Hodgs.
Sarno, .HmSt. I Thar, . . . . NEPAr.. . . . . . SUTLE.T.
The serow or forest goat occurs in the central ranges of the Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim. Nemorhcedus goral, Jerdon.
Antilop° Duvaucelci, IL Smith.
Ra•giyu, . . . BIIUT. I Suh-ging, . . Gooral, . . HIar. Sah ; Sarr, . . SuTLEJ.
l'ijur, . . The gooral or Himalayan chamois occurs in the whole range of the Himalaya from Blintau and Sikkim to Kashmir.
True Goals.
Ilemitragus jemlaicus, Jerdon.
II. quadrimammis, Hodg. i Cava jharal, Hodg.
Tare, tehr, tapir, . HIND. Jharal, . . . NEPAL. KTaB, Jagia, . . KASH. Jan, SIMLA.
Kart, KELE. Eshi, . .
Jula (in), thar, tharni, Ku N.
The tehr or Himalayan wild goat inhabits the whole of the Himalaya.
Hemitragna hyloeritts, Jerdon.
Keirutm, (hjilty. ( Copra ~rot°, flroy.
Ibex, . . I Warra-mulu.watu, . TAW.
The Neilgherry wild goat occurs there and in the neighbouring hills iu the IV. Ghats, south to Cape Comorin.
Capra megaecros, Hodgson.
C. Falconed, Huge/. Ita-che; Ita-po-ehe, . LAD. I Mar.kbor, . . . I'emitr.
The Mar-khor inhabits the l'ir Panjal range of the Himalayas to the south of the valley of Kash mir, in the Hamra hills, and the bills on the north of the Jhelum, the IVurdwan hills, the Sulitnani range, Ladakh, and Afghanistan.
Capra Sibirica, Illeger.
C. Sakeen, Blyth. I Ibex Himalayanus, Myth.
C. Pallasii, „ Skin, Sakyn, Iskin, Sakin, I Tangrol, . . . . Km. HIM. Buz, . . . . SUTLE./. Kyl, ..... KASII. Dan mo (f.), . . Tie.
The Himalayan ibex occurs from Kashmir to Nepal in the Himalaya.
Ovis cycloceros, //ouon.
0. Vignci, Myth.
Uria, urial, . • . HIND. I Mich, Sea. ibu.A.
The urial or Panjab wild sheep occurs in the Salt Range, Sulimani Range, Hazara hills, and hills near Peshawar, at from 800 to 2000 feet elevation.
Ovis Vignei, Blyth.
O. montana, Cunningham.
The Shin or Slia-poo of Tibet.
Ovis nahura, Hodgson.
O. Nahoor, Hodgs. I O. Burhel, Biyelt.
Bliartd; Bharur, . Him. Nervati, . . . NEPAL. Mends (m.), . . . „ Wa, War, . . SIITLEJ. Na, Sna, . . . LADAKII.
The burhel or blue wild sheep is from Sikkim to near Simla.
Ovis Ammon., Linn.
O. argali, Pallas. I O. Ammonoides, Hodgs.
O. Hodgsoni, Blyth.
Hyan, nuan, nyan, niar, nyund, gnow, of Tibet. It is found beyond the great central snowy range on the Tibet side, never under 15,000 feet in summer.
Ovis I'olii, Blyth, the ram or rush of the plains of Pamir, east of Bokhara, at 16,000 feet.
Sub-Fam. Bovinre, cattle. Gavamus gaurus, .1crd., gaur.
Mhos cavifrons, Hodgs.,Ell. I B. aasel, Horsj.
Bos pour, Trod/. B. aculeatus, our.
Vans-go, . . . . BENG. I Gauri-Gai, . . . HIND. Ban-gau, . . . . „ 1 Jangli•Khulga, . . „ Pyoung, l'ult1f. Ga0iya,. . . BIAIIE. Kar•Kona, . . . CAN. Ban-parra of MENDLAII. The Gaur Bison, . ENO. End of . . . . SEWit. Pcroo-maoo, . . . GOND. Katu Yeln, . . . TAM. Cour, . . . . . Hum.
Bison of Madras sportsmen. All the large forests. of India.
Gavmus froutalis, gayal or mithun of the hilly tracts east of the Brahmaputra.
Gavreus sondaicus, the ban-teng, is the Burmese wild cow of Chittagong, Burma, and Mahayana. It is the tsoing of the Burmese.
Bos Indicus, the zebu or humped cattle, known as the Brahmany bull, is wild in the Guntur dis trict of the Madras Presidency, in parts of Ondli and Rohilkhaud, and maintain themselves in dis tricts infested with the tiger. • They have been domesticated in India and the Archipelago.
The Buffaloes.
Babalus Jerdon.
Bos arni, Kerr, Shaw. I B. bubalus, Anderson.
B. buffelus, Blyth.
Mung of . BHAGULPUR. Jangli bhyus (in.), HIND. Gera erumi, . . GOND. „ mhyus (f.)), . „ Arna (m.), AIM (f.), HIND.
Occurs wild in Assam, in the Terai from Bhutan to Oudh, in Central India from Midnapur to Rai pur, in the Purniah district, and a few in the N. and N.E. of Ceylon. The domesticated species is little changed from the wild buffalo.