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wart hog (Phacochoerus oetMopicus) Swahili: hango 



These members of the pig family are plentifully distributed 

 throughout Africa and are, without doubt, the ugliest of its 

 citizens. Weight, two hundred pounds or a little more; 

 height at shoulder, about thirty inches. 



water buck, conunon (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Swahili: kuru 



water buck, Def assa (Kobus defassa) Swahili : kuru 



The water bucks and their small aUies, the kobs, are widely 

 distributed throughout Africa. There are several species of 

 water buck, all of them being medium-sized antelope, the 

 larger specimens weighing about four hundred pounds. 



white-bearded gnu (see wildebeest) 



white rhinoceros (see rhinoceros) 



wildebeest or white-bearded gnu {C. taurinus albojubatus) 



Swahili: nyumhu 

 This race of wildebeest is common in East Africa. It resem- 

 bles the American bison while running. Weight, about 

 five hundred fifty pounds. 



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zebra, conunon or quagga {Equus quagga). . .Swahili: punda milia 

 The zebra is widely distributed throughout Africa and, 

 although he forms the principal food supply for the Carnivora 

 and every man's hand seems to be against him, he still 

 roams the veldt in countless numbers. 



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