No. 105. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF TUE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



March 5th, 1912. 



Sir John Rose Bradford, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.S,, 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting wei-e confirmed. 



Mr, Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exiiibited the .skull of a 

 German Wild Boar from Baden and of a Hungarian Wild Boar 

 from Kolozsvar, the latter recently presented to the British 

 Mu.seum by Frjiulein Sai-olta von Wertheimstein. 



The difference in size between these was so great that 

 Mr. Thomas considered that the Hungarian Boar should be 

 separated as a distinct .species, which he proposed to call Sus 

 attila. 



He also stated that the North and South Spanish Wild Boars 

 were, on the other hand, so much smaller in different degiees 

 than the German animal as each to deserve subspecific distinction 

 from tlie latter. 



The three forms now described were therefore as follows : — 



Sus A'lTILA, .sp. n. 



Upper length of skull 452 mm.; height of .skull on lower 

 jaw 271. 



Hab. Hungary and Russia. Type locality Kolozsvar. 

 Tijpe. Male. B.M. No. 12.1.23.1 



Sus SCROFA CA8TILIANUS, Subsp. n. 



upper .skull length .35.3 mm. ; height 198. 

 JIab. North Spain. Type locality Burgos. 

 Tijpe. Mule. B.M. No. 11.10.5.3. 



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