Abstract
ALTHOUGH the existence of a number of local breeds and sub-breeds of Indian humped cattle (Bos indicus) is familiar to Anglo-Indians, comparatively little is known about them in this country, and it is, therefore, highly satisfactory that Col. Gunn, Superintendent of the Indian Civil Veterinary Department at Madras, has furnished us with this elaborately illustrated account of the various types to be met with in southern India. It is, however, a matter for regret that the author did not see his way to make his work complete by including the breeds found in other parts of India. As to the origin of humped cattle, the author is silent, and perhaps wisely so, since, so far as we are aware, nothing definite has hitherto been ascertained with regard to this subject.
Cattle of Southern India.
By Lieut.-Col. W. D. Gunn. Department of Agriculture, Vol. III, Bulletin No. 60. Pp. 65; plates. (Madras: 1909.) Price 3s.
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L., R. Cattle of Southern India . Nature 82, 96–97 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082096b0
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