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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 79 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANOA , the native name of the small See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

BUFFALO

buffalo of See also:

CELEBES

Celebes, See also:

BOS, LAMBERT (1670—1717)

Bos (Bubalus) depressicornis, which stands but little over a yard at the See also:

SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder, and is the most diminutive of all wild See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle. It is nearly allied to the larger See also:

ASIATIC

Asiatic buffaloes, showing the same reversal of the direction of the See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair on the back. The horns are See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar for their upright direction and See also:

COMPARATIVE

comparative straightness, although they have the same triangular See also:

section as in other buffaloes. See also:

White spots are sometimes See also:

PRESENT

present below the eyes, and there may be white markings on the legs and back; and the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence or presence of these white markings may be indicative of distinct races. The horns of the cows are very small. The nearest See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies of the anoa appear to be certain See also:

EXTINCT

extinct buffaloes, of which the remains are found in the Siwalik Hills of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

India. In habits the See also:

animal appears to resemble the See also:

INDIAN

Indian buffalo.

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