ARKIV FÖR ZOOI.OGL 



BAND 7. N:o 6. 



Contribiitioiis to tlie Kiiowledge of tlie Genus 

 Potamoclioerus, 



By 

 EINAR LÖNNBERG. 



With o Figures. 

 Kead Sept. 14th 1910. 



In the year 1897 Forsyth Major published in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society^ London, a paper »on the 

 Species of Potamochoerus, the Bush Pigs of the Ethiopian 

 Region». Since that time the taxonomy of this genus does 

 not appear to ha ve been very much studied, and only short 

 notes on one member or the other have been published. 

 During a sojourn in London, this year, the present author 

 was kindly invited by Mr Oldfield Thomas to study the 

 material of Potamochoerus in British Museum Nat. Hist. On 

 my way home I visited Leiden and Dr. Jentink kindly al- 

 lovved me to see the material which is kept there. Passing 

 through Berlin, I also had a look at some of the Potamo- 

 c7icerit5-skulls of the Zoological Museum there, with the per- 

 mission of Professor Matschie. Professor Leche has also 

 kindly allowed me to examine 5 skulls belonging to the 

 Zootomic Institute of the Stockholm High School. The follow- 

 ing notes are chiefly based on the study of this material 

 together with that of the R. Natural History Museum, 

 Stockholm. 



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