324 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



with a black spinal stripe, rising into a crest on the neck, 

 where the bristles are tipped with rufous ; typically a broad 

 reddish brown band along middle of muzzle, broadening at 

 angles of mouth and on sides of upper lip, whence it extends 

 backwards to disappear on sides of neck, in old animals 

 frequently obsolete ; no warts or tufts on face; ears moderate ; 

 tail-tuft small and flattened ; young striped with alternating 

 black and reddish brown bands; canines as in S. scrofa 

 (p. 310); skull of moderate length and slenderness, but of 

 unusual height, owing to the depth of the lower jaw, with 

 a short muzzle, in which the anterior upper premolar is 

 approximated to the canine, while the .interval between the 

 first and second lower prernolars, like that between the 

 canine and outermost lower incisor, is also unusually short ; 

 last molar in each jaw short and simple. 



The range includes Sumatra, Java, Flores, the Malay 

 Peninsula, etc. 



The following " key " to the local races (with the exception 

 of the third and last) is modified from one given by Miller. 



A. Upper skull -length less than 11 inches (290 



mm.).* 



a. Length of upper tooth-row about 3 T 5 g inches 



(83 mm.) 8. v. andamanensis. 



b. Length of upper tooth-row about 3f inches 



(95 mm.). 



ft 1 . Palate wider S. v. nicobaricus. 



c 1 . Palate narrower, the width not greater 



than maximum width of m. 3 S. v. mimus. 



B. Upper skull-length exceeding 11 J inches (290 



mm.). 



a. Upper molars larger S. v. niadensis. 



b. Upper molars smaller. 



b 1 . Width of palate (last molars included) 

 less than half the length of upper tooth- 

 row to point of tusk. 



6 2 . Width of parietal constriction greater. 



b 3 . General colour yellower S. v. milleri. 



c 3 . General colour redder S. v. vittatus. 



c 2 . Width of parietal constriction less. 



c 3 . Colour greyer, teeth smaller S. v. andersoni. 



d 3 . Colour redder, teeth larger S. v. rhionis. 



S. v. floresianus should come -in this group. 



