562 THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
number were killed. The zebra will always charge the hunter, and more than 
one narrow escape has been due to a lucky shot while the enraged creature 
was making a courageous effort to punish his wanton assailant. 
UNGULATES.—SWINE. 
The Hindostan Wild Boar ( Sus cristatus ) is the animal which figures 
in the numerous accounts of “ pig-sticking in India.” It belongs to the jungle, 
WILD BOAR BESET BY DOGS. 
and its ferocity lends excitement to the hunt. Its color is a brownish yellow, 
relieved by the whiteness of its beard. Its crested mane has suggested its 
Latin name. 
The Javanese species are called the Warty Boar ( Sus verrucosus ) and the 
Crowned Wdld Boar (Sus vittatus). Celebes has its own variety, Sus celeben- 
szs , Borneo the Bearded Boar (Sus barbatus ), Japan the White-mustached 
Boar (Sus leucomystax) , and China the Chinese Wild Boar (Sus indicus). 
