WART-HOG 



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extending on the east from the Zambesi to the eastern Sudan and 

 Abyssinia, and on the west side of the continent from Ashanti to 

 Senegambia and the western Sudan. 



The southern race is the one in which the reduction of the teeth 

 in the adult is generally stated to be carried to its maximum extent ; 

 the upper incisors being shed, and the lower ones worn down to their 

 roots. The southern wart-hog is likewise stated to be distinguished 



Fig. 86. — A Norlh Somali Wart- Hog, photogiaphecl by Lord Delamere. 



from its northern representative by its shorter head, which is more 

 convex between the eyes, and by the warts below the latter being very 

 long and pendent, instead of projecting straight outwards. The tusks 

 are also stated to be more inclined outwards. Finally, the mane is 

 reported to be wider and shorter, the hair more abundant on the 

 crown of the head and ears, and the general colour more rufous. It 

 would, however, be well if these alleged differences could be verified in 

 a series of specimens of the same age. 



Writing of the wart-hog in south-eastern Africa, Mr. F. Vaughan 

 Kirby (whose account has been somewhat condensed and otherwise 

 slightly modified) observes that — 



" It is now rare in Zululand and Amatongaland, but common 



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