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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



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Abnormal Lower Tusk of Wild Boar. 



WILD BOAR (Sus scrofa and S. cristatus). 



Most of the European and Asiatic species of wild swine, forming 

 the typical group of the genus Sus, are so like each other, that it is 

 often a matter of difficulty to discriminate between them, and naturalists 

 are not yet in accord as to the number of species which should be 

 recognised. The European wild boar is a large coarsely-haired species, 

 with an under-coat of woolly fur, no warts on the face, and standing 

 about 33 inches at the shoulder. It lacks the crest or mane of long 

 black bristles running from the nape down the back in its Indian 

 cousin ; and the last tooth in the lower jaw is of a rather less complex 

 structure than in the latter (S. cristatus). 



A Spanish boar killed by H.R.H. le Due d'Orleans weighed 302 Ibs. 

 Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, North-East Africa, and India. 



Length on Length of 



outside curve. tusk out 



Right. Left. of gum. 



12 

 -"1 



Tusks. 



Locality. 



Owner. 



Albania 

 Caucasus 



Lord Carnegie. 

 Col. Veernhof. 



