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an arched prominence.* Again, the Abyssinian 

 Wart Hogs are more in diameter than those of 

 the Cape; their forehead is pressed inward, and, 

 what is very conspicuous, the space between the 

 upper and posterior eye socket border, to the end 

 of the occiput, is longer by one half than in the Cape 

 Wart Hog, which gives to the whole skull a sort 

 of lengthening shape, and pushes the occipital 

 bone more backwards. We consider these two 

 marks of distinction as constant, because we 

 invariably found them to exist. 



F. Cuvier gives, in his memoirs, to the Wart 

 Hog of the Cape, the name of Phacochoere 

 d'Ethiopie, and he calls ours Phacochoere d'Afrique. 

 If we have not acceded to his wish, that these two 

 names should be retained, we state our reasons 

 for not complying, as follows : We strictly 

 follow the injunctions of Illiger, who objects to 

 designate animals by countries, rivers, &c. as 

 proving, in his opinion, injurious to science. In 

 the next place, we were inclined to call our 

 ^hascochaeres by the name of Julian, to have an 

 pportunity of proving, at the same time, that 



* That this arched prominence is constant, may be seen 

 from a representation of the animal by Fred. Cuvier, and 

 an examination of the skulls in the Leyden museum, 

 undertaken by Temminck ; according to which, we find 

 that all the skulls of the Cape Phascochaeres, and another 

 from the land at the Ashantees, have the same external 

 form. 



