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Genus. PhacocHjErus. 



10. Phacochcsrus Africanus. The African Boar. Vlacke Vark 

 of the Cape Colovists, Ingooloob of the MatahilL 



Height at the shoulder about two feet six inches. Colour red- 

 dish 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 diverging 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. 



Genus. Rhinoceros. 



11. Rhinoceros Africcmus. The African Rhinoceros. Rhinoster 

 of the Cape Colonists. Chukuroo of the Matabili. 



Upwards of six feet high at the shoulder, and about thirteen 

 feet in extreme length. Body very robust and clumsy. Legs 

 short and small, each with three toes. Head long and large. 

 Eyes small and lateral. Snout hooked, and resembling that of a 

 tortoise : armed with two horns* on the muzzle, placed one behind 

 the other ; the anterior usually from one to two feet long ; the 

 posterior generally small, but capricious — in some specimens at- 

 taining the same, or nearly the same length. Ears pointed, small, 

 and approximated. Skin naked ; very thick, rugous, and knotty, 

 but without plaits or folds. Colour brownish black. Tail about 

 two feet long, laterally compressed at the end, and furnished with 

 a few bristles. 



Female similar, but smaller. Mammae two. Very common in 

 the interior. 



* The horns of no two specimens of this animal that came under my obser- 

 vation were exactly the same. Disease or accident not unfrequently renders 

 the anterior horn the shorter of the two. 



