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individual tendency to blackish, greyish, or rufous; face, 

 cheeks, and throat with a grizzling of whitish hairs, which 

 does not, however, form definite markings ; bristles of nape 

 long, but not forming a conspicuous crest; under-fur 

 (occasionally wanting) thick and woolly ; young brown with 

 blackish stripes. 



The range formerly included the whole of the afforested 

 districts of temperate Europe, from Ireland and Scandinavia 



Fig. 49. — Side Vikw of Skull, with the Lowbe Jaw detached, of 

 Wild Boae {Sus scrofa). ^ nat. size. 

 From Miller, Cat. Mamm. Western Europe. 



eastwards, but is now limited to the countries south of the 

 Baltic; eastwards it appears to include all temperate Asia 

 north of the line of the Himalaya. 



The better-known races are distinguishable as follows : — 



A. Colour dark, without marked contrast between 

 body and limbs. 



a. Size very large ; upper skull-length 



17-| inches 8. s. attila. 



b. Size smaller; skull-length 15 to 16J inches S. s. scrofa. 



