Bubalis
a genus in the antelope division of hollow-horned, even toed ruminants, not to be confused with the genus bubalus- the BUFFALO (q. v.).
The species of bubalis are among the more oxlike antelopes, and one of them is supposed to be the bubalus of the ancients. In this genus the head is elongated, the snout broad, the horns twisted and present in both sexes, the tear pits small, the back sloping off behind, the teats two in number. The bubaline of the north African deserts (B. mauretanica antilope bubalis) is a handsome animal of a reddish brown color, standing about 5 feet high at the shoulder, living in herds, and readily tamed. It is figured on Egyptian monuments. The hartebeest (B. caama) is found in the S., is perhaps slightly larger, has a general gray brown color (black on the outside of the legs and on middle of forehead, with large white spots on haunches), and is at home on the mountains. The sassaby (B. lunata), the bastard hartebeest of the Cape Colonists, is slightly smaller, and is differently colored. The bontebok (B. pygarga) is a smaller and more beautifully colored form of the S. interior, where another species, the violet colored blesbok, is also abundant.