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on the neck, and the tail terminates in a tuft. The general colour 

 in the typical southern wart-hog is brownish grey with a more or 

 less marked rufous tinge in some instances. The young are not 

 striped or spotted. In shape, the skull is altogether peculiar, being 

 very wide and long, much flattened, with a highly concave profile, and 

 the portion behind the sockets of the eyes extremely short. In height 

 the wart-hog stands about 30 inches at the shoulder ; while the weight 

 of a large boar may reach as much as 210 Ib. The record lengths 



FIG. 85. Wart-Hog Tusks, from a specimen shot by Mr. F. II. Barber. 



for upper tusks are 27 and 26 inches along the convexity ; but lower 

 tusks, measured in the same manner, seldom exceed 6 inches. 



The typical wart-hog is a native of Africa south of the Zambesi ; 

 it has been stated that its southern limit was formed by the Orange 

 river, but, although none of these animals are to be met with at the 

 present day in Cape Colony, it seems not improbable that their range 

 may have formerly extended westward from Natal through Kafraria 

 to the original frontier of Cape Colony. 



The wart-hog of the country to the northward of the Zambesi has 

 been regarded as a distinct species, but seems best regarded, under the 

 name of Phacochcerus <ztJiiopicus afrtcanus, merely as a local race of the 

 southern animal. Its range embraces East, Central, and West Africa, 



