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shot a single individual thus mottled ; all have been of a uniform brownish- 

 red, though the colour of the mane-bristles differs somewhat in each. I 

 think, however, that it can only be a variety of S. cheer opotamus, with 

 which it has certainly greater affinities than with the red river-hog 

 (S. c. porcus) of West Africa. The bush-pigs are formidable-looking beasts, 

 with bristly manes, small deep-set eyes, tufted protuberances on their 

 cheeks, and short sharp tusks. The upper canines are short, protruding 



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forward horizontally at an angle from the jaw ; their anterior surfaces are 

 worn smooth and often chisel-edged by the constant attrition of the lower 

 tusks. The length of the latter outside the jaw seldom exceeds 3 inches. 

 The tail is more or less tufted, and the ears slightly pencilled in some 

 individuals, particularly those north of the Zambesi. 



This bush-pig ranges from the south-eastern districts of the Cape Colony 

 throughout the forested tracts of the east coast to the Zambesi. They are 

 only really plentiful in rough broken country, well wooded and watered ; 



