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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



which, when worn, present a characteristic pattern. Except along the 

 neck and back, where it carries a mane of bristly hair, the skin is 

 nearly naked ; and the young differ from those of ordinary pigs in 

 being neither striped nor spotted. Height at shoulder, 30 inches. 

 Distribution. The wart-hog is typically an inhabitant of South and 

 South-East Africa. Animals of the same genus extend, however, 

 right through East and Central Africa to Abyssinia ; those from 

 the latter country having been described as a distinct species, 

 under the name of P. africanus. Not improbably, however, the 

 northern animal is only a local race of the southern form. Wart- 

 hogs, possibly from their habit of going to ground when pursued, 

 are but seldom hunted with the spear ; " pig- sticking " being, in 

 fact, a sport practically unknown in Africa. The lower tushes 

 seldom exceed 6 inches on the front curve. 



Length on Length exposed 

 outside curve. from gum. 



-27 \ 

 26 J 



20 I7f 



-*5i J3a 



15 13^ 



-15 



i3A 



13 



iif 



-12 

 -12 



-"i 



Upper Tusks. 



Locality. 

 Annesley Bay 



South Africa . 



Matanari Bush 

 British Central Africa 

 South-East Africa . 

 British Central Africa 

 Zambesia 

 Somaliland 

 South-East Africa . 



Somaliland . 

 East Africa . 

 South-East Africa . 

 East Africa . 

 South-East Africa . 

 Do. 



Owner. 

 Capt. Ralph Berners, R.N. 



F. H. Barber. 



J. Whitaker. 



F. Vaughan Kirby. 



R. H. Storey. 



W. Russell Bowker. 



John Yule. 



R. J. Cuninghame. 



Capt. B. R. M. Glossop. 



F. C. Selous. 



P. C. Keytel. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 



C. Steuart Betton. 



James Meldrum. 



Capt. M. M'Neill. 



Julius Jeppe. 



James J. Harrison. 



