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family, except that, with the exception of the occurrence of 

 one species in the Eastern Sudan, it does not include 

 Ethiopian Africa. 



The genus is divisible into tlie two following subgeneric 

 groups : — 



A. Size large or medium ; tail usually of moderate length ; 



6 pairs of teats Sus. 



B. Size small; tail very short ; 3 pairs of teats Porcula. 



1. Subgenus SUS. 



Size large or medium ; tail usually of moderate length ; 

 six pairs of teats.* Distribution co-extensive with that of 

 genus. 



The species here recognised f are distinguishable as 

 follows : — 



A. Young striped ; no warts on face. 



a. Lower canine with hind surface wider than outer 

 one. 

 a'. Face typically not banded ; last molars 

 complex. 



a". Nuchal crest moderate S. scrofa. 



b". Nuchal crest taller S. cristatus. 



v. Face typically banded ; last molars simpler. 



c'. A brownish streak on muzzle 8. vittatns. 



d' . A whitish streak on muzzle 8. leucomystax. 



h. Lower canine with hind surface narrower than 

 outer one. 

 6'. Size medium ; head moderate ; tail-tuft small 8. celehensis. 

 c'. Size large; head very long ; tail-tuft large ... 8. barbatus. 



B. Young uniformly coloured ; face with warts 8. verrucosus. 



I. SUS SCEOFA. 



Sus scrofa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 49, 1758, ed. 12, vol. i, 

 p. 103, 1776 ; Desmarest, Mammalogie, vol. ii, p. 389, 1822 ; 

 Griffith, Animal Kingdom, vol. v, p. 287, 1827 ; Jenyns, Brit. 

 Vert. Anim. p. 39, 1835 ; Bell, British Quadrupeds, p. 358, 1837 ; 

 Owen, Brit. Foss. Mamm. and Birds, p. 426, 1846 ; Gray, Proc. 

 Zool. 8oc. 1856, p. 158, 1860, pp. 183 and 448, 1868, p. 30, 

 Cat. Carnivora etc. Brit. Mus. p. 337, 1869, Hand-List Thick- 

 skinned Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 60, 1873 ; Blasiiis, Sdugeth. 



* So far as recorded. 



t The views of Major are in the main followed on this subject. 



