ETHIOPIAN HOG. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
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Four cutting teeth in the upper jaw, and generally six in 
the lower. 
Four tusks, two above and two below : the latter long, and 
extending out of the mouth. 
Hoofs cloven. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Sus jEtiiioficus. S. sacculo molli sub oculis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 
Gmel. 1. p. 220. 
A soft bag under the eyes. 
Aper aetiiiopicus. Pallas Miscell. Zool. 
p. id. t. 2. Spicil. Zool. II. p. 3. t. 1. 11. 
p. 84. t. 5. f. 7. 
African Wild Boar. Deslandcs Mart. 
Men. Acad. 5. 368. Daniell’s African Ani- 
mals, pi. 21. 
Ethiopian Hog. Sm. Buff. v. 8. p. 281. pi. 297. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. v. 1. p. 144. Bew. Quadr. p. 149. 
Shaw Gen. Zool. 2. pi. 223. 
This hog is particularly remarkable for the form 
of his head, which gives him a monstrous aspect ; 
for he has beneath each eye a hollow, formed of 
loose skin, soft and wrinkled, and under these a 
great lobe or wattle lying almost horizontally, and 
