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The Living Animals of the World 



Photo by Miss E. J. Beck. 



WART-HOG. 



Shows the great size of the head in proportion to 

 the body. 



being in colour dull olive-black, varied with yellow. Possibly 



this little-known swine may prove to be merely a sub-species 



of the common wild boar of Europe and North Africa. Now 



that the Soudan regions have once more been opened up 



to Europeans, we may expect shortly to hear more of this 



wild swine, as well as of other rare and interesting animals. 

 Still dealing with the true pigs, we come now to the 



BUSH-PIGS of Africa and Madagascar. These differ somewhat 



from the typical wild boars of Europe and India in the 



structure of the teeth, the long pencilled ear-tufts, the 



elongated snout, and other characteristics. The tusks are 



considerably smaller, and seldom exceed 6 or 7 inches in 



length. The BED EIVEE-HOG, or WEST AFRICAN BUSH-PIG, is 



decidedly the most striking of this group. Smaller than 



the bush-pig of South Africa, and- seldom exceeding 2 feet 



in height at the shoulder, the colour of this animal is 



a brilliant reddish brown, with tints of yellow. Noticeable 



streaks of white are found round the eyes and on the cheeks. 



The ear-tufts, forehead, and limbs are blackish; more white 



markings are seen at the tips of the ear-tufts, along the 



thick mane, and round the margins of the ears. The under-parts are whitish grey in colour. 



This very handsome pig runs in considerable herds, and is found chiefly in forest and jungle 



near the banks of the various rivers in West Africa. Its range extends from Angola to 



Senegambia, and eastwards into the continent as far as Monbuttu. 



The well-known BUSH-PIG OF SOUTH AFRICA, the BOSCH-VARK of the Boers, is a fine species, 



having a wide range over much of the southern and south-eastern parts of the continent, 



extending as far north as Central Africa. In the Eastern Transvaal and Swaziland these animals 



attain their greatest size, an adult boar standing from 2 feet 4 inches to 2 feet 7 inches in 



height, and weighing as much as from 150 to 170 Ibs. The usual colour is brownish red, the 



face and mane greyish ; but in different specimens and at different ages great variations are 



to be noticed. Pale greyish brown or mottled brown are colours often to be found. These 



bush-pigs are formidable-looking 

 creatures, with thick bristling 

 manes, small deep-set eyes, and 

 sharp if somewhat short tusks, 

 which they know well how to 

 use. Among the old-fashioned 

 Boers cured hams from these 

 animals were, when they were 

 more plentiful in Cape Colony, 

 often to be found in up-country 

 farmhouses. The bosch-vark is 

 a beast of shy, nocturnal habit, 

 and, loving as it does the shade 

 and protection of dense covert 

 and bush, is, unless carefully 

 sought for, not often seen by 

 sportsmen. The herds range 

 usually from half a dozen to 

 as many as twenty in number. 

 When once encountered and 

 set up at bay, this wild swine 



Photo by Scholastic Photo. Co.] 



i's Green. 



S WART-HOG. 



Displays the broad muzzle and huge tusks, which are nearly as large in the sows as in 



the boars. 



