2/8 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



being in rolour dull olive-black, varied with yellow. Possibly 

 this little-known swine may prove tube merely a sub-species 

 of the common wild boar of Europe and North Africa. Now 

 that the Soudan regions have once more been opened up 

 to Europeans, we may expect shortly to hear more of this 

 wild swine, as well as of other rare and interesting animals. 

 Still dealing with the true pigs, we come now to the 

 BUSH-PIGS of Africa ami Madagascar. These differ somewhat 

 from the typical wild boars of Europe and India in the 

 structure of the teeth, the long pencilled ear-tufts, the 

 elongated snout, and other characteristics. The tusks are 

 considerably smaller, and seldom exceed 6 or 7 inches in 

 length. The RED RlVER-HOG, or WEST AFRICAN' BUSH-PK ., 

 is decidedly the most striking of this group. Smaller than 

 the bush-pig of South Africa, and seldom exceeding 2 feet 

 in height at the shoulder, the colour of this animal is 

 a brilliant reddish brown, with tints of yellow. Noticeable 

 streaks of white are found round the eyes and on the cheeks. 

 The ear-tufts, forehead, and limbs are blackish; more white 

 markings are seen at the tips of the ear-tufts, along the 

 thick mane, and round the margins of the ears. The under-parts are whitish grey in colour. 

 This very handsome pig runs in considerable herds, and is found chiefly in forest and jungle 

 near the banks of the various rivers in West Africa. Its range extends from Angola to 

 Senegambia, and eastwards into the continent as far as Monbuttu. 



The well-known BUSH-PIG OF SOUTH AFRICA, the B< »SCH-VARK of the Boers, is a fine species, 

 having a wide range over much of the southern and south-eastern parts of the continent, 

 extending as far north as Central Africa. In the Eastern Transvaal and Swaziland these animals 

 attain their greatest size, an adult boar standing from 2 feet 4 inches to 2 feet 7 inches in 

 height, and weighing as much as from 150 to 170 lbs. The usual colour is brownish red, the 

 face and mane greyish; but in different specimens and at different ages great variations are 

 to be noticed. Pale greyish brown or mottled brown are colours often to be found. These 

 bush-pigs are formidable-look- 



WART-HOG 



Shotvs the great size of the head in proportion to 

 the body 



ing creatures, with thick bristling 

 manes, small deep-set eyes, and 

 sharp if somewhat short tusks, 

 which they know well how to 

 use. .Among the old fashioned 

 Boers cured hams from these 

 animals were, when they were 

 more plentiful in Cape Colony, 

 often to be found in up-country 

 farmhouses. The bosch-vark 

 is a beast of shy, nocturnal 

 habit, and, loving as it does the 

 shade and protection of dense 

 covert and bush, is, unless care- 

 fully sought for, not often seen 

 by sportsmen. The herds range 

 usually from half a dozen to 

 as many as twenty in number. 

 When once encountered and 

 set up at bay, this wild swine 



Photo by Stholaitic Photo. Co. 



ELIAN'S WART-HOG 



Displays the broad muzzle and huge tusks t which arc nearly as large in tht sozvs m in 



the boars 



