sum.?: 



:§3 



tooth. In most species the occipital crest is more nearly vertical 

 than in the skull represented in Fig. 104. 



This genus occurs at present under three principal modifications 

 or subgenera. 



J. — Sus proper comprises a number of animals 

 found in a wild state throughout the greater part 

 of Europe (except where extermin- 



ated hv human airencv), the north 

 of Africa, southern continental 

 Asia, and the 

 meat islands of 

 the Malayan 

 archipelago, 

 Formosa, and 

 Japan. The fol- 

 lowing among 

 others have 

 been admitted 

 by many zo- 

 ologists as dis- 

 tinct species : 



SUS SCTOfa, Fig. 103.— Left lateral view of the dentition of the Boar(Sws sero/a), 



the Wild Boar tlie roots of the teeth being exposed by removing the external lamina 

 i ti » • of bone. 



01 Europe, Asia 



Minor, and North Africa, once common throughout the British 



Isles; S. sennaarensis, North-East Africa; S. cristatus, India; S. 



. [04.— Left lateral view of the skull of Sus longirostris. \ natural size. (From Nehring.) 



vittatus, Java, Borneo, Amboyna, Batchian ; S. papuensis, New 

 Guinea; 8. timorensis, Timor and Rotti ; S. andamanensis, Anda- 



