BUSHPIG (POTAMOCHCERUS CHCEROPOTAMUS). 1 25 



BUSHPIG (Potamochoerus choeropotamus). 



The Cape bushpig. 



Native Names. 

 Chinyanja .... Nguruwe. Chikunda .... Nkhumba. 



Chiyao Liguluwe. Chibisa .... ") ^- 



Zulu (Ngoni) . . . Ndudu. Chiwemba. . . 3 



Food. 



Much more varied diet than the warthog. 



Leaves of bamboo, roots of Mlapa which grows on hills, Mpama (a kind of wild 

 yam), roots of Manyanya in low country, maize, ground nuts, potatoes from native 

 plantations, and also various berries found in the bush. 



Spoor. 

 Very like that of warthog. 



Habitat. 

 Much the same as warthog, but often lives on hills, which the warthog does 

 not do. 



Habits. 



Found in small parties as the warthog. 



The bushpig is a reddish colour, whereas the warthog is dark and looks almost 

 black at a little distance. 



The bushpig, as its name would imply, frequents bush country, which it seems to 

 prefer. 



It is come across grazing on dambos, too, but not as frequently as it is seen in 

 bush. 



It has much smaller tushes than the warthog, being hardly worth keeping as 

 trophies. 



Unlike the latter, it does most of its feeding at night, and causes so much 

 destruction to the natives' crops that they surround them with rough zerebas of 

 branches to keep them out. 



Owing to its nocturnal habits it is less often seen than the warthog. 



When the rains are very heavy it will lie up in holes, but in ordinary wet weather 

 will not stop underground. 



