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Title: Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Ward, Rowland
Subjects: Game Game and game-birds Hunting trophies
Publisher: London (England) : Rowland Ward, limited
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Head of Babirusa. The BABIRUSA (Babirusa alfurus). Pig-deer (to translate the Malay name) are not the least notable ofseveral remarkable animals restricted to Celebes and Boru ; the peculiarform and position of the upper tusks of the boars rendering them almostcomparable to horns. Unlike other pigs, in which they curve upwardsfrom the sides of the lips, the upper tusks grow from the centre of themuzzle, piercing through the skin, and as they are not worn by thelower pair, attain extraordinary dimensions. Both pairs are quitedevoid of enamel ; the lower ones growing from the sides of the jaw inthe ordinary manner. The cheek-teeth are somewhat less numerousthan in ordinary pigs. In other parts of their organisation babirusasare, however, very like the latter, although the nearly naked skin ofB. alfurus is of a coarse and rugged nature, being almost comparableto the bark of a tree. The height at the middle of the back, thehighest point of the animal, is about 42 inches. Unlike the rest o

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