THE AARD VARK OR EARTH HOG 



In leopard-infested districts it is common to find 

 Aard Varks whose hides show old Leopard scars — 

 sometimes the entire back is a mass of healed scars 

 inflicted by the teeth and claws of a Leopard. 



Remains of extinct species of Aard Varks have 

 been found in the Pliocene deposits in the island 

 of Samos, and from the Oligocene beds of France. 



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