WARTHOG (PHACOCHCERUS ^THIOPICUS). 1 23 



WARTHOG (Phacochoerus aBthiopicus). 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja Njiri. Chichewa Kapulika. 



Chiyao Mbango. Chiwisa Kachia. 



Chikunda Njiri. Chiwemba Njiri. 



Zulu (Ngoni) .... Nncagu. Gomani's Angoni . Lipango. 



Chisenga Njiri. 



Food. 

 Roots of Luba and Ntupsa, two kinds of grass found in bush country growing 

 among trees. 



Roots of other grasses (Maudzu) growing in dambos. 



Spoor. 

 Rounded both back and front. Could not be mistaken for that of anything else 

 except a bushpig's. 



Habitat. 

 Seems to adapt itself to any kind of country, but seen less often in hilly country 

 than flat. 



Found in both dambo and bush country. 



Habits. 



To be found morning and evening in the dambos, and also in bush. Likes clumps 

 of grass. 



When digging up roots they kneel on the forelegs, pushing with the hindlegs, 

 which are held straight out behind to throw the weight of the body on to the snout. 



At night they sleep in holes and also during rain, seldom being seen in the wet 

 weather. Hog and sow are found together with the young if there are any, a family 

 party consisting sometimes of about ten. 



When the young grow up they leave the parents. 



When disturbed they trot off in single file, the largest leading, and tailing down 

 to the smallest, all their tails stuck straight up in the air. 



The tushes of the hog are very much larger than those of the sow. 



He also has a longer mane, is heavier in the fore-quarters, and has a broader and 

 not so pointed a head. 



They do not dig their own holes, as is sometimes supposed, but enlarge those of 



antbears. 



