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THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
Group II. SUINA. 
SUIDiE. 
sus. 
Sus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. 1758, p. 49. 
The Wild Boar of Europe is the type of this genus. The hairy covering of the body 
is well developed, consisting of long stilf bristles, most abundant on the back and sides, 
and of close, softer, curling under-coat. 
Dentition : i. c. pm. m. | = 44. 
The canines strongly developed, with persistent roots ; those of the upper jaw without 
the usual downward curvature, but directed strongly outwards, upwards, and finally 
inwards. The molar series increases in size from the front backwards, the third molar 
of both jaws being very long and complex. 
Sus SCEOPA, Linn. (Plate LXIII.) 
Hus scrofa, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 1758, p. 49. 
The Plate of the Wild Boar was drawn from photographs of a specimen living 
in the Zoological Gardens at Gizeh, and was coloured from a sketch of the 
same animal made by Mr. Ogilvy, through the kindness of Dr. J. C. Mitchell. 
In the original photographs this pig appears to have a far thicker and rougher coat 
than is shown in the Plate; but this may be the result of seasonal change, the 
photograph and sketch being taken at different times. So far as is known, the 
Wild Pig of Egypt does not differ from the typical form of Europe. 
Mr. Ogilvy, brother of the artist, who was chief engineer of the Salt Works at 
Wadi Natrun in 1895, informed Dr. Mitchell that there were then only two pigs left in 
that district, one having been shot the summer before. 
Por some time after this it was supposed that these animals became extinct in the 
Wadi, but Capt. Flower has quite recently informed me that a few still remain, which 
are being strictly preserved. 
Mr. J. Dewitz, of Zurich, Switzerland, who has taken much trouble in his endeavours 
to obtain specimens and information concerning Egyptian animals for Dr. Anderson, 
writes, November 1899 :—“About the wild pig, Mr. Prochaska, late chief of the Chemical 
Survey of the Natrun Valley Company, tells me that some thirty years ago these 
animals abounded in the Wadi, but they became exterminated by injudicious hunting. 
