164 SUS-STUDIES. 



The young female, figured in the "Verhandelingen", Tab. 

 30, fig. 2, presents the following features : on the head 

 and middle of the back the reddish brown color predo- 

 minates, especially on the latter part where the hairs are 

 longer and more or less crest-like ; muzzle and forehead 

 with black hairs; cheeks with beginning beard; tufts upon 

 nose hardly perceptible, the lachrymal glands however 

 encircled by although still short but reddish brown hairs. 

 Ears as those of its mother; head very elongate; tail-tuft 

 in a poor condition. Sides of body with a mixture of black 

 and reddish brown hairs ; extremities black haired. Skull — 

 five of the seven molars present — slender and elegant, 

 bony palate largely extended behind ; distance of parietals 

 23 mm. 



A couple of still younger specimens, collected by Diard 

 near Pontianak, Borneo, belong apparently io Sus barbatus] 

 they are very young, the skull of one of them presents 

 only three molars. They have the typical, oval ears, the 

 elongated muzzle, the slender skull and the largely developed 

 bony palate, so that notwithstanding their origin from the 

 widely distant locality Pontianak, we may be sure of their 

 specific identity with Sus barbatus. These individuals are 

 especially interesting as they can make out the question 

 whether the young ones are striped or not; and they are 

 very obviously striped ; the sides of the body present some 

 rather broad stripes or bands of brownish red hairs, four 

 more or less complete bands run on each side of the body 

 parallel to the spine. Very important is that the spots on 

 the muzzle, where later on the tufts grow up, are indicated 

 by two small tufts of erected black hairs, easily overlooked 

 by an observer unknown with the presence of these orna- 

 ments in the adult specimens. 



There is in our collection a Pig-skull, presented by Dr. 

 Semmelink in 1866 from Palai-ari or Pleihari, southerly 

 from Baujermassin ; it belonged evidently to a half-grown 

 male-specimen — five molars are present and the canines 

 rather strongly developed; distance between parietals 24 



Notes trom tlie Leyden IMiiseuni , "Vol. XXVl. 



