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to eleven feet long. Body ponderous and shapeless ; legs very 

 short, terminating with four toes. Head thick and square, 

 muzzle broad; eye very small, placed in a prominence; ears 

 small, round, and approximated. The upper incisors and canine 

 teeth greatly developed ; the latter forming tusks. Skin rough, 

 hard, and very thick : entirely destitute of hairs, a few scattered 

 bristles on the lips, ears, and tail, excepted. General colour 

 pinkish brown, with freckles on the flanks and belly. Tail 

 twelve inches. 



Female smaller. Mammse two. 



Amphibious. Inhabits the rivers and lakes of the interior. 



Genus. Sus. 



9. Sus Larvatus. The Wild Hog. Bosch Vark of the Cape 

 Colonists, 



Height at the shoulder about two feet four or five inches. 

 Extreme length between five and six feet. Four toes on all the 

 feet, the two middle ones only touching the ground. Nose 

 elongated, and cartilaginous. Canine teeth very strong; those 

 of the upper jaw projecting horizontally, those of the lower, 

 upwards. A tuburculous excrescence, covered with coarse hair, 

 upon the chaff ron. Colour dirty brown. Bristles very long, 

 especially on the neck and back. Tail slightly tufted, and 

 upwards of a foot in length. Mammee twelve. 



Gregarious. Inhabits the plains and forests. 



Genus. Phascochjehus. 



10. PhascochcerusAfricanus. The African Boar. VlackeVark 

 of the Cape Colonists. Ingooloob of the Matabi/i. 



Height at the shoulder about two feet six inches. Extreme 

 length, six feet two inches. Colour reddish brown. The top of 

 the head, upper part of the neck, shoulders, and back, covered 

 with long rigid bristles; those on the top of the head diverg- 

 ing like the radii of a circle. Canine teeth very large and 

 long, and directed upwards. Head extremely large, and 

 muzzle very broad. A large fleshy wen behind each eye, and a 

 prominent warty excrescence on each side of the muzzle, between 

 the eye and tusks. Eyes small and sinister. Tail tufted with 

 bristles; twenty inches in length, straight and thin. 



Gregarious. Inhabits the plains and forests. 



