srih.r. 



Young probably without stripes. The genus is regarded by 

 Stehlin as related to Sus vcrruco&us. 



The range is restricted to the islands of Boru and Celebes. 



Deninger, who adopts Stehlin's theory of the " neobuno- 

 dontism " of the molar teeth of the Suina (supra, p. 305), is 

 of opinion that Babirussa is nearly related to the selenodont 

 genus Merycopotctmus, of the Indian Siwaliks ; both genera 

 agreeing in the parallelism of the two lines of cheek-teeth, 

 the general contour and small size of these teeth, the form 

 and direction of the tusks, and certain other features. 



BABIRUSSA BABYEUSSA. 



Sus babyrussa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 50, 1758, ed. 12, 

 vol. i, p. 104, 1766 ; Erxleben, Syst. Eegn. Anim. p. 188, 1777 ; 

 Desmarest, Mammalogie, vol. ii, p. 391, 1822 ; Griffith, Animal 

 Kingdom, vol. iii, p. 408, 1827 ; Schinz, Natuges. Sdugetli. p. 247, 

 1824, Synop. Mamm. p. 352, 1845. 



Aper orientalis, Brisson, Eegn. Anim. p. 76, 1762. 



Babirussa alfurus, Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Eegne Anim., Mamm. p. 162, 

 1849. 



Babirusa babirusa, Deninger, Ber. nat. Ges. Freiburg, vol. xviii, p. 4, 

 1910. 



Babirusa orientalis, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 461, 1910. 



BABIRUSA. 



Size relatively small and build slender ; ears small and 

 pointed ; skin rugose and nearly bare, or smooth and hairy. 

 Typical locality Boru. 

 The two races are distinguished as follows : 



A. Skin smoother, skull shorter and broader B. b. babyrussa. 



B. Skin rougher, skull longer and narrower B.b. celeb ensis. 



A. Babirussa babyrussa babyrussa. 



Typical locality Boru (between Celebes and Cerain). 



Skin comparatively smooth, clothed with short bristly 

 hairs, thickest at root of tail ; general colour whitish grey, 

 tinged, especially on head, with yellow, female and young 

 darker; skull short and broad, with tips of nasals not 

 narrowed to a point between roots of canines. 



60. 8. 27. 6 (718,0. Skull. Collected by Dr. A. E. 

 Wallace, O.M. ; entered in Gray's Hand-List as having been 



