32 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE STJlDiE. [Jan. 9, 



The skull is very distinct from all the skulls of the Wild Boars 

 from Germany in the British Museum. 



The Wild Boar of the Holy Land, described by Mr. Tristram, 

 may be the same. He observes :— 



"Abundant in the wooded hills and maritime plains alike. Swarms 

 in all the thickets by the Jordan and Dead Sea, and in the forest- 

 country east of Jordan. Extends even to the bare wilderness of 

 Judaea, and almost into the desert, where there is no cover, and 

 where its only food is the roots of the desert bulbs." — Tristram, 

 P.Z.S. 1866, p. 84. 



10. SUS SENNAARENSIS. 



Fur dense, bristly, dull olive-black and yellow-varied. Ears mo- 

 derate, densely pilose. Head without any warts. 



Sus sennaarensis, Fitz. Sitz, Akad. d.Wiss. xix. 365, 1864; Se- 

 tigera, 388. 



Sus larvatiis, Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. x. 362. 



? Sus scrofa (Egypt), Blaiuv. Osteogr. t. 5 (skull). 



? Cochon des Neyres, Buffon, H. N. Quad. v. 123. 



Hub. North Africa; Sennaar; Kordofau ; Sudan. Called " Qua- 

 druk " by the Arabs. 



Dr. Murie says he has often seen and eaten the true Wild Boar of 

 the genus Sus in Africa, as well as the Potamochoerus on the west 

 coast. I have never seen any or the skull of one. 



ff-f Head very long, slender, without loarts. The skull elongate, 

 more than twice as long as high ; concavity in front of the orbit 

 deep. Cheeks bearded. Eusus. 



11. Sus BARBATUS. B.M. 



Back covered with ochraceous, sides and beneath with black 

 bristles ; nose, extremities, and tuft at end of tail blackish. Skull 

 much compressed, very long, slender. Ears moderate, nakedish. 

 Fur with scattered bristles. Head very long, slender ; sides of the 

 jaws covered with crisp hairs ; crown and occiput covered with short 

 hairs. Head without any warts. 



Sus barbatus, S. Miiller, Van der Hoeven, Tijdschr. 1839, v. 149 ; 

 Verhandl. i. 42, 1 73, 179, t. 30, 31 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 278 ; 

 Fitzinger, Setigera, 392. 



Sxis scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 225. 



Hab. Borneo. Called "Wite Warken." 



712 a. Skull of adult, from Borneo, presented by J. Brooke, Esq. 

 Length from end of nasal to occipital crest 1 9 inches, 9^ high at oc- 

 ciput. Exactly like the figure in Miiller's ' Verhand.' t. 31. f. 45. 



712. Skull of young animal changing its teeth, from Borneo. 

 Capt. Sir E. Belcher. Length \\\ inches, 5 inches high at occiput. 

 Nose very slender, attenuated ; nose from the orbit double the length 

 of the distance from the front of the orbit to the occiput ; the zygo- 

 matic arch flat, thin. 



