Photo by E. Landor] [Ealing.
ENGLISH PARK-CATTLE.
This photograph represents two animals of different types. The bull (on the right) is from Earl Ferrers' herd at Chartley Castle; the cow is a cross-bred.
The first group of the order of Ungulates is represented by the Hollow-horned Ruminants. These have horns set on a core of bone, the horns themselves being hollow throughout. They "chew the cud," after receiving the food eaten into the first of four divisions in the stomach, whence it is brought up into the mouth, and then swallowed again for digestion. The Oxen, Sheep, and Goats have no popular name by which they are collectively distinguished, but their characteristics are sufficiently well known. The horns are never shed annually, as is the case with the Deer; and the hoofs are cloven. They have no incisor teeth in the upper jaw, a characteristic also shared by the Giraffes, the Prongbuck (or American antelope), and the Deer. The lower jaw has its full complement of incisor teeth.
The Oxen and the allied Bison, Yak, and Buffaloes are the bulkiest and most important to man of all ruminants. Some are found in nearly all inhabited parts of the Old World, and there is one North American species, now practically exterminated as a wild animal.
Photo by W. P. Dando] [Regent's Park.
ENGLISH PARK BULL.
The similarity in shape to the best-bred modern shorthorns is obvious.