dumbas

Updated: July 7, 2026

There are sheep in Tartary that eat bones like dogs, and in Hindustan and Nepaul there are kinds that have four horns each. These are the Dumbas. A little species exists in Iceland, in which the horns sometimes grow to the number of eight though four is the more common number. America, too, has its varieties.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys