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A calf
A calf
A horse
A horse
Horse and chickens
Horse and chickens
Two horses looking at their food
Two horses looking at their food
Two horses
Two horses
Two children riding ponies on the beach
Two children riding ponies on the beach
Horse and Dog
`Horse and Dog
Feeding time
Feeding time
Trotting across a field
Trotting across a field
Going through the gate
Going through the gate
Man and horse outside a house
Man and horse outside a house
Man leading a horse
Man leading a horse
Man riding horse
Man riding horse
The Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus)
Another large mammal, perhaps less well known, is the Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus), which resembles in size the smaller varieties of Oxen, but in structure and habits is closely allied to the Sheep. As is implied by the specific name, it exhales a musky odour; this does not, however, appear to be due to the secretion of a special gland, as is the case in other animals with a similar smell. The skin is covered with long brown thickly-matted hair, interspersed with white. It is confined to the most northerly parts of North America and the American Arctic islands, and to North Greenland. Though not now living in the Old World, it seems formerly to have been abundant in Siberia, and, as we shall learn later on, it was one of the species which took part in the great Siberian invasion of Europe. Its remains have been found not only in Germany and France, but also in the south of England.
horse
Comfort
Outlines of Manilla Buffalo
Skull of Short-nosed Ox of the Pampas
Free Martin
Chillingham Bull
Kyloe, or Highland Ox
Zebu.—(Var. δ.)
Zebus (var. γ) and Car
Zebu
Brahmin Bull
Head of Musk Ox
Zamouse, or Bush Cow
Arnee from Indian Painting
Horns of Young Arnee
Arnee
Gaur
Head of Gaur
Pegasse
Head of Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo
Young Cape Buffalo
Short-horned Bull
Pulo Condore Buffalo
Head of Manilla Buffalo—female
Herefordshire Cow
Manilla Buffalo
Italian Buffalo
Syrian Ox
Jungly Gau
Head of Domestic Gayal
Occipital view of the same Skull
Head of Asseel Gayal
Gayal, from Asiatic Transactions
Head of Gyall
Gyall (Bos Frontalis)
Yak, from Oriental Annual
Yak, from Asiatic Transactions
Aurochs, or European Bison
Head of young male Bison
Bison Calf, about three weeks old
Bison surrounded by Wolves
Indian Hunting Bison
Wounded Bison
Young female Bison
The Bison