SUID.E 351 



Mammals, p. 286, 1891 ; Lydekker, Horns and Hoofs, p. 362, 



1893. 

 Sus koiropotamus, Desrnoulins, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. vol. xvii, 



p. 139, pi. cxxxix, fig. 2, 1831. 

 Phascochoerus choeropotamus, Lesson, Nouv. Tdbl. Regne Anim., 



Mamm. p. 162, 1842. 

 Potamochcerus africanus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 131, 1854, 



1858, p. 58, pi. lix, 1860, p. 443, 1868, p. 34, Cat. Carnivora, etc. 



Brit. Mus. p. 341, 1869, Hand-List Thick-skinned Mamm. Brit. 



Mus. p. 56, 1873 ; Flower and Gar son, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. 



Surg. pt. ii, p. 355, 1884; Bocage, Journ. Sci. Lisboa, 1890, 



p. 29 ; Matschie, Sdugeth. Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, p. 101, 1895. 

 Sus capensis, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 277, 1862, 



nomen nudum. 

 Potamochcerus chceropotamus, Major, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 366; 



W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 274, 1900; 



Rothschild, Powell-Cotton 1 s Abyssinia, p. 481, 1902, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1906, p. 632; Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 391, 



1908 ; Lonnberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. vii, no. 6, p. 14, 1910 ; Cabrera, 



Cat. Met. Mam. Mus. Madrid, p. 133, 1912 ; Ward, Records of 



Big Game, ed. 6, p. 456, ed. 7, p. 455, 1914. 

 Sus choeropotamus, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa, 



p. 523, 1899. 

 Sus larvatus, Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsman in S. Africa, p. 78, 



1892. 



Potamochcerus capensis, Rothschild, Powell-Cotton's Abyssinia, 

 p. 481, 1902. 



Potamochcerus koiropotamus, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 vol. xxxiii, p. 339, 1914. 



BOSCH-VARK; Busn-PiG. 



Typical locality probably South Africa. 



The type species. 



Larger than P. larvatus, to which it is in other respects 

 very similar ; typically the coat long, and intermingled with 

 elongated bristles, between which the skin is frequently 

 visible ; dorsal crest strongly developed, often extending 

 forward to ears, its constituent bristles dark brown or 

 blackish, with more or less conspicuous white tips ; ears, 

 inclusive of margins and tufts, black externally ; forehead 

 generally grey ; a broad blackish ring on muzzle in advance 

 of the tuberosities ; general colour variable, but frequently 

 dark grey or blackish ; in old males the facial tuberosities 

 strongly developed (fig. 52), the upper ones forming a pair 

 of convex crests elevated considerably above the nasal plane, 

 and the second pair reaching that plane ; postorbital portion 

 of skull relatively short. 



