WART HOGS 



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in this country down to so late a period as the end of the 

 sixteenth century. 



Tlie African Wart Hog, genus Phacochoerus, is usnally regarded 



Fig. 143. — W.irt Hog. Phacochocnis adMo2)lcus. x ^. 



as the type of a distinct genus of Tigs. This animal, " super- 

 latively ugly " with its huge tusks and great protulierances upon 

 the face, is chiefly to be 

 distinguished from the — .r::^,'Bk^vS 



genus Sus by these char- 

 acters, and by the com- 

 plexity of the last molar, 

 which, with the tusks, 

 are sometimes in aged 

 animals the only teeth 

 left. The complete for- 

 mula is Pm-i M 3. There 

 are two species of this 

 genus, P. aethiopicus and 

 P. africanus. When en- 

 raged the Wart Hog is said to carry its tail directly up, and to 

 present a ludicrous as well as ferocious appearance. 



The Celebesian Babyroussa, genus Pahirusa, is an almost 

 hairless hog with enormously upturned tusks in both jaws of the 



Fig. 144.— Head of Wart Hoff. 



