CAPE VERDE BOAR. 
sent animal is in facl the Sus ^-Ethiopicus of the 
Linnasan system. In this manner, at least, 
thev are distinguished by Pennant. 
On this subject it -would be difficult to de- 
cide, without a better knowledge than seems to 
be at present possessed of both animals. The 
figure certainly corresponds with the descrip- 
tion of the living animal, as it was seen bv Pro- 
fessor Allamand, in the Menagerie of the Prince 
of Orange ; and whether it be, in reality, the 
Cape Verde Boar, or another species, or vari- 
ety, which has obtained the denomination of 
the African or ^Ethiopian Boar, is a matter of 
inferior importance, on which we shall not 
venture any opinion. 
Vosmaer, who calls it the Wild Afilcan 
Boar, or the Boar wiih a large Snout, savs that 
the length of the body is about four Rhenish 
feet ; and tliat the colour of the head is black- 
ish, but the back and b^Uv are a bright reddibU 
orey. The hoofs are black. 
