453 



i i i I i i i 



inch. 



Abnormal Lower Tusk of Wild Boar. 



WILD BOAR (Sus scrofa). 



Most of the European and Asiatic species of \\ild swine, forming 

 the typical group of the genus Sus, are so like each other that it is 

 often a matter of difficulty to discriminate between them, and naturalists 

 are not yet in accord as to the number of species which should be 

 recognised. The European wild boar is a large coarsely-haired species, 

 with an under coat of woolly fur, no warts on the face, and standing 

 about 33 inches at the shoulder. It lacks the crest or mane of long 

 black bristles running from the nape down the back in its Indian 

 cousin S. cristatus ; and the last tooth in the lower jaw is of a rather 

 less complex structure than in the latter. 



A Spanish boar killed by H.R.H. le Due d'Orleans weighed 302 Ibs. 

 Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, and North- East Africa. 



Tusks. 



Length on Length of 



outside curve. tusk out 



Right. Left. of gum. 



13 



-13 



Locality. 



Owner. 



Albania 

 New Zealand 



Lord Brackley. 

 G. W. Campbell. 



Owner's measurements. 



