jelian’s wart-hog. 
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an arched prominence.* Again, the Abyssinian 
Wart Hogs are more in diameter than those of 
the Cape; their forehead is pressed inward, and, 
what is very conspicuous, the space between the 
upper and posterior eye socket border, to the end 
of the occiput, is longer by one half than in the Cape 
Wart Hog, which gives to the whole skull a sort 
of lengthening shape, and pushes the occipital 
bone more backwards. We consider these two 
marks of distinction as constant, because we 
invariably found them to exist. 
F. Cuvier gives, in his memoirs, to the Wart 
Hog of the Cape, the name of Phacochoere 
d’Ethiopie , and he calls ours Phacochoere d’Afrique. 
If we have not acceded to his wish, that these two 
names should be retained, we state our reasons 
for not complying, as follows : — We strictly 
follow the injunctions of Illiger, who objects to 
designate animals by countries, rivers, &c. as 
proving, in his opinion, injurious to science. In 
the next place, we were inclined to call our 
Phascochaeres by the name of /Elian, to have an 
opportunity of proving, at the same time, that 
* That this arched prominence is constant, may be seen 
from a representation of the animal by Fred. Cuvier, and 
an examination of the skulls in the Leyden museum, 
undertaken by Tcmminck ; according to which, we find 
that all the skulls of the Cape Phascochaeres, and another 
from the land at the Ashantecs, have the same external 
form. 
