WART HOG OR VLACKTE-VARK 



The height at the shoulder averages 30 inches, and 

 weight about 210 lbs. 



The female is smaller than the male, and the 

 warts and tusks are not so prominent. The young 

 animals are usually reddish-brown without stripes 

 or spots. 



A local race or sub-species {Phacochoerus athiopicus 

 africanus) exists in Abyssinia and Somaliland. It is 

 known to the Somali natives as the Dofar. 



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