The Bush-Pig 531 



thus unconsciously recognise the close relationship which exists between 

 the bush-pigs and the true pigs. H . H . Johnston. 



Abyssinian Bush-Pig (Sus chceropotamus hassama) 



Of this pig little is at present known, and even the authorities are not 

 able to agree about it. Mr. Sclater and Herr Nehring have identified it 

 with Potamochcerus africanus, which is another name for the bush-pig of 

 South Africa. Another authority, Hartmann, has claimed that it is neither 

 more nor less than the bush-pig of West Africa. 1 f-[ a. Bryden. 



West African Bush-Pig or Red River Hog (Sus porcus) 



The Red River hog of West Africa bears a strong family likeness to 

 the bush-pig of South Africa, but differs from it a good deal in colouring. 

 The hair is always strongly rufous, either bright reddish brown, with a 

 yellowish tint, or a darker reddish yellow. The forehead, ears, and 

 limbs are blackish. The thick mane on the neck and back, part of the 

 margins of the ears, the long ear tufts, and well-marked streaks above and 

 below the eyes are white. This is a striking-looking hog, and the long 

 tufted ears, white marking, and brilliant colouring render it a much 

 handsomer species than its brother of the south. Like the bush-pig of South 

 Africa, it is essentially bush-loving in its habits. It is seldom seen far 

 from water. It is found from Angola to Senegambia and eastward into the 

 interior as far as Monbuttu. H. A. Bryden. 



1 Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, C.M.Z.S., in an interesting paper on the African bush-pigs, read before 

 the Zoological Society, March 1 6, 1897, tells us what little is to be gleaned concerning this pig. He 

 says, " The photographs of the skull of a male from Abyssinia, from Hcuglin's collections— kindly sent to 

 me by Prof. Ebcrhard Fraas, Curator of the Stuttgart Natural History Museum— show that whilst 

 approaching P. porcus in the -strong but low apophyses above the canine, and in the breadth of the 



upper cranial region anterior to the post-orhital processes. 



narkahlc and di-tinct from all the 



'otamociarus (bush-pigs) in the elongation of the hinder part of the skull backwards 

 from the post-orbital processes of the frontals." A plate showing the skull accompanies the paper. 



