3. POTAMOCHCERirS. 341 



Potamochoerus, Gray,. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. xv. p. 06; P. Z.S. 1868, 

 p. 34 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 301 ; Mtz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 1864, 

 p. 19. 



Phascochoerus, sp., Jardine. 



Phacochoerus, sp., Lesson in Tahl. R. A. 1841, p. 162. 



1. Potamochoerus africanus. (Bosch Vark.) B.M. 



Ears densely hairy; internally white, with black edge and tuft. 

 Fur black. Head and back whitish or yellowish ; forehead and back 

 black -varied ; large spot beneath the eyes black. 



Blcull. — Male, the lateral tubercular ridge prominent, and elevated 

 above the upper surface of the nose ; lateral process on the base of 

 the sheath of the upper canine broad, compressed, reaching to the 

 level of the upper surface of the nose. Pemale with transverse ridge 

 at the base of the sheath of the upper canine. 



African Wild Boar, Daniel, African Scenery, t. 22. 



Sus africanus, Schreh. Sdugeih. i. p. 327 ; P. Z. S. 1852, p. 131 ; 



JBlainv. in Laur. et Bazin, Anat. Phys. t. 11. f. 9 (teeth) ; Blaino. 



Ostengr. t. 8. f . 1 ; Gray, GriffitKs A. X. t. ; Reichenb. Naturg. d. 



Pachyd. t. 88. f. 129. 

 Sus larvatus, F. Cuv. Mem. Mm. vii. p. 447, t. 22; A. Smith, 8. A. 



Quart. Joum. p. 90 ; Blainv. Ost^ogr. Origuligr. t. (skull). 

 Sus koiropotamus, Desmoid. Diet. Class. H. N. vii. t. 1 ; P. Z. S. 



1852, p. 131. 

 Koiropotamus africanus. Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 185. 

 Choiropotamus larvatus, Gi-ay, Ann. ^ Mag. N. K. 1852. 

 Phacochoerus koii'opotamus. Lesson, N. Tab. P. A. p. 162, 1841. 

 Sus koiropotamus, Desmcmlins, Did. Class. IT. N. t. 7, 5 ■ 

 Sus choiropotamus, Reichenb. Naturg. d. Pachyd. t. 33. f. 48. 

 Potamochoerus larvatus, Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. xv. p. 66 ; Fitz. 



Sitz. Akad. d. Wissen. 1864, p. 19. 

 Potamochoerus africanus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 131, 1858, p. 58, 



1860, p. 443, 1868, p. 84; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 279; Kirk, 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 656. 

 Phascochoerus larvatus, Jardine, Nat. Libr. p. 232, t. 28. 

 Sanglier a masque, Sganzin, Mim. Strasb. iii. p. 1, t. 1. 



Female, skull with only a ridge across the base of the sheath of 

 the upper canines. — P. Z. S. 1868, p. 35. 



Sus capensis, Gray, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones B. M. p. 277 (skuU). 



Hah. South Africa, caUed " Bosch Vark ;" Central Africa, Zam- 

 besi delta, called " Njulvi " (KirJc). 



" Scarcely any two specimens of this species exhibit the same 

 colour ; some are brownish black variegated with white, and others 

 are almost entirely of a light reddish-brown or rufous tint without 

 the white variations ; indeed such are the varieties that it is scarcely 

 possible to say what are the most prevailing colours." — A. Smith, 

 S. A. Quart. Joum. p. 90. 



1. In the British Museum there is a skeleton (1364 6) of a spe- 

 cimen that lived several^ years in the Zoological Gardens. In the 

 skuU the malar process is very broad, reaching nearly to the level of 



