BUBALIS BUSELAPHUS.
Published by R. H. Porter.
1. THE BUBAL.
BUBALIS BUSELAPHUS (Pall.).
[PLATE I.]
Buselaphus, Gesner, Hist. Anim., Quadr. p. 121 (1520).
Le Bubale, Buff. Hist. Nat. xii. p. 294, pls. xxxvii. (skeleton) and xxxviii. fig. 1 (skull and horns) (1764).
Antilope buselaphus, Pall. Misc. Zool. p. 7 (1766).
Antilope bubalis, Pall. Spic. Zool. fasc. i. p. 12 (1767), xii. p. 16 (1777); Müll. Naturs. Suppl. p. 54 (1776); Erxl. Syst. R. A. i. p. 291 (1777); Zimm. Spec. Zool. Geogr. p. 544 (1777); id. Geogr. Gesch. ii. p. 122 (1780); Gatt. Brev. Zool. i. p. 83 (1780); Bodd. Elench. Anim. p. 143 (1785); Schreb. Säug. pl. cclxxvii. B (animal) (1787); Gm. S. N. i. p. 188 (1788); Kerr, Linn. An. K. p. 314 (1792); Donnd. Zool. Beytr. p. 633 (1792); Bechst. Uebers. vierf. Thiere, i. p. 95 (1799), ii. p. 645 (1800); Shaw, Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 331 (1801); Virey, N. Dict. d’H. N. iii. p. 525 (1803); Turt. Linn. S. N. i. p. 114 (1806); Ill. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. p. 106 (1811); Licht. Mag. nat. Freund. Berl. vi. p. 163 (1814); G. Fisch. Zoogn. iii. p. 417 (1814); Afzel. N. Act. Ups. vii. p. 220 (1815); G. Cuv. Dict. Sci. Nat. ii. p. 241 (1816); Desm. N. Dict. d’H. N. (2) ii. p. 195 (1816); Goldf. in Schreb. Säug. v. p. 1171 (1820); Schinz, Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 390 (1821); Desm. Mamm. ii. p. 466 (1822); F. Cuv. H. N. Mamm. (fol.) iii. livr. li. (animal) (1825); Less. Man. Mamm. p. 381 (1827); Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 473 (1829); Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 180 (1842); Wagn. Schr. Säug. Supp. iv. p. 469 (1844), v. p. 444 (1855); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 443 (1845); Gieb. Säug. p. 296 (1859); Nachtigal, Sahara and Soudan, i. p. 572, ii. p. 678 (1879).
Capra dorcas, Müll. Natursyst. i. p. 416 (1773) (nec Linn.).
Cerophorus (Alcelaphus) bubalis, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75.
Damalis bubalis, H. Sm. Griff. Cuv. An. K. iv. p. 347, v. p. 362 (1827).