PORCULA. 193 



Sus andatnanensis. 



Sus andamanensis, Blyth y. A. S. B., xxvii, p, 267 (1858) ; id. ibid, xxviii, 

 p. 271 ; id. ibid, xxix, p. 103 ; id. Cat., p. 141 ; Gray P. Z. S., i863, 

 p. 29. 



Distrilution. — The Andamans and possibly the Nicobars. 



a. Stuffed $ Andamans G. W. Wicks, 1873. 



*. Skeleton. W. Hodge, i860, A. S. B. 



rated. 



<:-?. 14 Skulls Andaman Islands A. S. B. 



■r-t. 3 Skulls juv. Andaman Islands. A. S. B. 

 n-v. 2 Skulls Port Blair, Andamans Major Fofd, 1867. 



■ax. 2 Skulls Andamans ]. Anderson, 1872. 



y. Skull Andamans J. Anderson, 1866. 



a. Lower jaw Preparis Island J. Wood Mason, 1873. 



Sus scrofa. 



Sus scrota, Linnaeus Syst Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 103 (1766); Gray P. Z. S., 



1868, p. 30; Blanford Persia, pv 86; Severtssif Anti. .Mag. N. H. (4). 



xviii, p. 387 ; Danford and Alston P. Z. S., 1877, p. 27S ; Thomas Linn, 



Trans. (2), v, p. 62 ; Radde. Zool. J. B., iv, p. 1068. 

 Sus scrofa var. nigripes, Blanford y. A. &. B„ xliv, p. II2 (1875); id. 



Yarkand Mamm., p. 79. 



The Wild Boar. 



Distribution. — Europe and North Africa, Asia Minor (Danford), 

 Persia (Blanford), and Northern Asia generally. 



a. Skull Europe Hungarian Museum, A.S.B. 



b. Skull and $ Thian Shan Mts. F. Stoliczka, 1874. 



skin. 

 .,. Skull and ? Thian Shan Mts (Capt. F. Stoliczka, 1874. 

 skin. Chapman ) 



[Types of Sus scrofa var. nigripes, Blanford.] 



Genus PORCULA. 



Porcula, Hodgson J. A. S. B., xvi, pt. i, p. 423 (1847). 



Pofcula salvatiia. 



Porcula salvania, Hodgson J. A. S. B., xvi, pt. i, pp. 423, 593, pis. xii, 

 Xiii (1847) ; id. P. Z. $., 1847, P- i"S ; Borsfield P. Z. S., 1853, p. 192 

 pi. xxxvii ; Jerdan Mamm., p. 244 ; Gray P. Z. S., 1868, p. 33 ; Anderson 

 P. Z. S., 1869, p. 470 ; P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., 1882, p. 546, pi. xxxvii. 



The Pigmy Hog; Chota suwar, Hindus; Sano banel of 

 Nepalese. 



Distribution. — Confined to the Terai at the base of the Hima- 

 layas from Nepal, probably to Assam, but is apparently rare. 



