WART HOC.S 



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in this country down to so late a period as the end of the 

 sixteenth century. 



The African ^Vart Hol;-, genus Phacochoerus, is usually regarded 





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FiG. 143. — Wart Hog. Phacnchoerus aetJiiopimis. x ^. 



as the type of a distinct genus of Pigs. This animal, " super- 

 latively ugly " with its huge tusks and great protuberances upon 

 the face, is chiefly to be 

 distinguished from the 

 genus Sus by these char- 

 acters, and by the com- 

 plexity of the last molar, 

 which, with the tusks, 

 are sometimes in aged 

 animals the only teeth 

 left. The complete for- 

 mula is Pm|- M|-. There 

 are two species of this 

 genus, P. aethiopictts and 

 P. africanus. When en- 

 raged the Wart Hog is said to carry its tail directly up, and to 

 present a ludicrous as well as ferocious appearance. 



The Celebesian Babyroussa, genus Babirusa, is an almost 

 hairless hog with enormously upturned tusks in both jaws of the 



Fig. 144.— Head of Wart Hog. 



