62 W I L D B A R. 



greatly differ in habits or appearance from the spotted 

 hyaena. 



The wild hog (Sus Scrofa) : height two feet six 

 inches; extreme length about five feet; canine teeth 

 very strong, those in the upper jaw projecting horizon- 

 tally, those in the lower upwards ; colour dirty brown ; 

 bristles long; tail a foot long. Inhabits the forests 

 (gregarious). 



The African wild boar (Phacochcerus cethiopicus} : 

 height two feet six inches; extreme length six feet; 

 colour reddish brown; covered with bristles; canine 

 teeth, very large, curved upwards, forming a semicircle; 

 head very large, a large fleshy wen behind each eye, and 

 an excrescence on each side of the muzzle ; tail tufted 

 with bristles, two feet long, straight. Gregarious ; found 

 in the plains; retreats into holes in the ground when 

 pursued ; dangerous when wounded. 



The reh-buck (Eleotragus villosus) : male two and a 

 half feet high, about five feet in length, slender, and 

 neck long; horns about nine inches long, straight, 

 pointed, and slender ; colour greyish -buff, white beneath : 

 female similar, but hornless and smaller. Found in 

 troops of from six to twenty, generally on the rocky 

 hills. 



The hartebeest (Acronotus Caamd) : male five feet 

 high, and nine in extreme length; head long, horns 

 forming nearly a right angle, rising above the head about 

 eight inches, and then turning backwards ; colour bright 

 sienna, with a red shade, black stripes down the back of 

 the neck, on the fore-leg, and on the hind-leg : female 



