Variety common in vicinity of Surat are said to have 2 humps. In India they are not consecrated, used for burden and tillage. Hindoos hold them consecrated. Also known as Cape Buffalo, often confounded with the animal of Southern Europe, but of a different form, much more ferosious and dangerous, has never been domesticated or used for any laborious purpose. Found in extra tropical part of South Africa.
Horns are unusually broad at base and cover the whole forehead.
Animal was discovered wild in the mountains of Sylhet by M. Alfred Duvancel. Hump on shoulders is reduced to a slight fatty eminence, which reaches to the middle of the back, covered with a greyish woolly hair, longer than on the other parts, covering also the back of the neck, occiput, and front. White hair to knees, rest of hair is black. Held in veneration by Hindoos and perform a part in their religious ceremonies and offerings.