754 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. _ vol. xxx. 



SUS NICOBARICUS Miller. 

 1902. Sus nicoharicus Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, p. 755, May 29, 1902. 



Type locality. — Great Nicobar Island. 



Geographic dlstrihiit!o)i. — This species is known from the type local- 

 ity onl}', though it probabl}' occurs on other islands of the Mcobar 

 group. 



Cluwacters. — Ver}' similar to Sas mimus., but rostral portion of skull 

 heavier, palate wider, occiput higher, and angle in facial profile at 

 base of nasals much more pronounced. Color, clear l)lack through- 

 out, except for a slight wash of brown on the mane. Hind feet of 

 t3'pe specimen white, but probably abnormal in color. 



Measurenieiits. — For measurements see table, pages 755 and 756. 



Specimens examined. — ^Twp, the type, and an adult male (skull only) 

 from the t3q3e locality. 



Remarks. — The pig of the Nicobars is closely allied to that of 8ima- 

 lur, though the material examined indicates that the animals are 

 specifically distinct. This relationship finds an exact parallel in that 

 of the monkeys, Macaca unihrosa and M. fasca., inhabiting the same 

 islands." 



sus ANDAMANENSIS Blyth. 



Plate LXII. 

 1858. Sus ayidninanensis Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXVII, p. 267. 



Type locality. — Port Blair, South Andaman Island. 



Geograjyhlc dlstrthution . — Andaman Islands. 



Characters. — Smaller than Sus inhnus and Sus nicoharicus; skull 

 (Plate LXII, fig. 2) slender, essentially a miniature of that of Sus 

 vlttatus; a very slight angle in facial profile at base of nasals; upper 

 toothrow only about 83 mm. in length. The one skin seen is black, 

 with a distinct brownish wash on mane. The ears, cheeks, muzzle, 

 and throat are very scantil}^ haired. 



Measurements. — For measurements see table, pages 755 and 756. 



Specimens examined. — Two, an adult male (skin and skull, No. 111816) 

 from Little Andaman Island, and a nearly adult female with no definite 

 locality (No. 164755, Department of Anthropology, a skull ornamented 

 with red paint by the native Andamanese). 



Remarks. — The Andaman pig, though strictl}' a member of the Sus 

 vlttatus group,* is even more dwarfed than the small Sus mimus and 

 Siis nicoharicus. Notwithstanding its conspicuously smaller size, Sus 

 andaiiianensis: rather closely resembles Sus vlttatus of the Sumatran 

 maiidand in the form of its skull, thus differing notably from its near- 

 est insular allies. 



«See Miller, Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, p. 789, May 28, 1902, and XXVI, 

 p. 476, February 3, 1903. 



^ Comparisons of ,SV.s- (iiukvuancuxix with Sm n-istatus (e. g. Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., XXIV, pp. 754-757, May 28, 1902) are therefore very misleading. 



