HIPPOPOTAMUS. 197 



b. Skin juv. Nuces valley, Texas, J. H. Gamier [Ex.] 



U. S. A., 9-3-84. 



c. Skull South America E. Blyth, 1865, A.S.B. 



Genus PHACOCHCERUS. 



Phacochcerus, G. Cuvier Regne Anim. ist ed., i, p. 236 (1817). 



Phacochoerus aethiopicus. 



Aper fethiopicus, Pallas Spic. Zool,, ii, p. 2 (1767). 



Sus aethiopicus, Linnaus Syst. Nat. ,^^,1 2th ed., iii, p. 223 (1768). 



Phacochoerus aethiopicus, P. Cuvier Mem. Mus. Paris, viii, p. 450, pi. xxii 



(1822) ; P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., 1850, p. 78, pi. xvii ; Blyth Cat., p. 139. 

 Phacochoerus pallasii, van der Hoeven Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Caro., xix ii, 



p. 171 (1839). 



Dis/n'duh'oH. — South Africa. 



a. Skull impf. $ Port Natal W. S. SherwUl (1843), 



b. Tusk. A.S.B. 



Phacochoerus africanus. 



Sus africanus, Gmelin Syst. Nat., i, p. 220 (1788). 



Phacochoerus aeliani, Cretsschmar Rilppel's Atlas, p. 61, pls.xxv, xxvi (1826) ; 



Bla7tford Abyssinia, p. 241 ; P. L. Sclater P.Z. S., 1869, p. 276, pi. xx ; id. 



ibid., 1871, p. 236. 

 Phacochcerus haroja, Hempr. and Ehr. Symb. Phys., pi. xx (1832). 

 Phacochoerus sclateri, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), vi, pp. 189, 263 (1870); 



P. L. Sclater Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), vi, p. 404. 



Distribution. — Africa south of the Sahara generally. 

 a-b. 2 skulls $ Abyssinia, 28-6-68 W. T. Blanford. 



Genus HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



Hippopotamus, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 101 (1766). 



Hippopotamus amphibius. 



Hippopotamus amphibius, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. loi (1766). 

 Hippopotamus capensis, Desmoulins journal de Physique, v, p. 354 



{12,26)*; Blyth Cat., Y>.\A2. 

 Hippopotamus senegalenais, Desvwulins journal de Physique, v, p 354 



(1826)*. 



a. Skin ^ juv. Zoological Gardens, 1887. 



skeleton. 



i. Skull $ N.Wallich, 1844, A.S.B. 



c. Skull impft. ^ W. S. Sherwill, 1843, A.S.B. 



<i. 7 teeth W.S. Sherwill, A.S.B. 



e. Lower tusk $ No history, A.S.B. 



