sus. 193 



Sus cristatus. 



Sus cristatus, Wagner Miinch. Gel. Am., ix, p. 435 [misprinted 535] (1839) i 



Gray P. Z. S., 1868, p. 27 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 43; 



Murray Zool. Sind, p. 54. 

 Sus scrofa, apud Sykes, P. Z. S., p. 104 (1831) ; Elliot Madr. Journ., x, 



^. 219; McClelland P. Z. S., 1839, p. 150-, Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p. 531 ; 



Blyih Cat., p. 139 [divided into several races] ; Blanford J. A. S. B., 



xxxvi, p. 197 ; Anderson J. Linn. Soc. xxi, p. 341. 

 Sus indicus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 185 (1843) ; Hutton and Blyth, 



J. A. S. B., XV, p. 13s ; Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 261 ; Kelaart Prodr. 



Faun, Zeylan, p. 78; Blyth J. A. S. B., xxix, p. 105 ; Jerdon Mamm., 



f. 241; Mac Master Notes on Jerdon, p. 59 ; Stolizcka J, A.S.B., xli, 



p. 228 ; Lydekker J. A. S. B., xlvi, p. 287. 

 Sus aper vars. aipomus et isonotus, Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, p. 911 (1841). 

 Sus zeylonensis, Blytk J. A. S. B., xx, p. 173 (1851); id. J. A. S. B., 



xxi, p. 351; id. f. A. S. B., xxix, p. 105. 

 Sus bengalensis, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxix, p. 105 (i860). 



The Indian Wild Boar ; Sur, Suwar, Bura janwar or Bud janwar, 

 Hindustani ; Dukar, Mahratti ; Handi, Mikka or Jewardi, 

 Canarese ; Pandi, Telegu ; Paddi of the Gonds ; Waloora, 

 Cingalese ; Tauwet, Burmese. 



Distrilution. — All over India, from the Himalayas to Cape 

 Comorin, Ceylon and Burma, but possibly replaced by another 

 species in Tenasserim. 



It has always been a question as to whether the Indian and 

 European Wild Boars differ sufficiently from one another to 

 warrant their separation as distinct species; Blyth finally consi- 

 dered them merely as geographical varieties of one species, Jerdon 

 separated them entirely. 



On comparing the skulls of the two, slight differences are to be 

 found, but it is a question if they would be constant if a larger 

 series of skulls were examined. 



In the European form the parietal region of the skull above 

 the eyes is flat or almost concave, not convex, as in the Indian boar; 

 behind this region the skull is much reduced, so that it forms a 

 narrow ridge barely a inch across, while in the Indian boar, al- 

 though this part of the skull is reduced, it is very much wider 

 than in the European boar. 



In the European boar, again, the nasals are longer than the rest 

 of the skull measured from the naso-fronlal suture to the occipital 

 ridge ; in the Indian boar they are generally, though not invariably, 

 shorter. 



The anterior palatine foramen in the European boar is pear- 

 shaped, tapering to a point posteriorly, while in the Indian boar 

 it is somewhat oval-shaped and ends in a blunt point posteriorly. 

 The European boar is said to have small warts under the eye 

 while the Indian boar has none. 



There are in the Museum two specimens of the Yarkand wild 

 boar collected by Stoliczka and described by Blanford in the 

 Yarkand Mission report; the skulls of these specimens agree 



