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that this was due to the imperfect condition of his specimen. In the 
appendix to Mouat's Adventures and Researches among- the Andaman 
Islanders, published in 1863, Blyth adds nothing to what he had pre- 
viously written, beyond the remark that the animal apparently inhabits 
the Nicobars and Sumatra as well as the Andamans, and that a full 
grown female was then living in the London Zoological Garden. It is 
now known that the native pig of the Nicobars is distinct from that of 
the Andamans, and there is little reason to suppose that either species 
occurs in Sumatra. 
Little has been added to the accounts of the Andaman pig given by 
Blyth. Gray recorded two skulls in the British Museum in 1869,^ and 
also remarks that a female, probably the one mentioned by Blyth, and 
her hybrid offspring by a male wild pig from Darapier Straits are in 
the Society's gardens. Both of the skulls examined by Gray appear 
to have been those of very old individuals, with much-worn teeth. 
They showed peculiarities that suggested relationship with Bab/'russa, 
but in this respect were probably abnormal. Apparently based on 
the same unsatisfactory material is Dobson's short description."^ It 
contains the erroneous statements that the tail is very short and that 
the molars are much less complex than in Sus cristatus. 
Dr. Abbott shot an adult male in the forest at Bumila Creek, Little 
Andaman, January 20, 1901. At this locality the animals appeared 
to be abundant, though no special observations were made concerning 
their habits. 
The external measurements of this specimen are as follows: Head 
and body, 1,030 mm.; tail, 200; height at shoulder, 500; height at 
rump, 520; depth of chest, 290; girth of chest, 810; girth of belly, 
1,040. Weight (estimated), 34 kg. 
Except for its darker color and more scant covering of hair, this 
pig is externally a miniature Sus cristatus. In proportion it agrees 
perfectly with the large animal of Tenasserim and Lower Siam. The 
tail, as in the latter, is as long as the hind foot. The crest and mane 
are, relatively to the general character of the hair, nearly as well 
developed as in Sus cristatus, though actually they are shorter. On 
the entire animal, the region occupied by the mane and crest excepted, 
the bristles are so sparse that the skin is plainly visible, while the legs, 
face, cheeks, and ears are practically naked. The hairs on the under 
parts are likewise less numerous than in the mainland animal, but 
there is nothing peculiar about the hairy coating of the tail. As in 
Sus cristatus, the tail is essentiall}^ naked, except that the terminal 50 
mm. of its length is provided with a flattened brush of rather soft 
bristles 50-80 mm. long. In color Sus andamanensis differs consider- 
ably from ^S. cristatus. The bristles are everywhere clear glossy 
^Catal. Carniv. Pachyderm, and Edentate Mamm. Brit. Mus., pp. 336-337. 
2 The Fauna of British India, Mamm., 1891, pp. 562-563. 
