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Identifier: recordsofbiggame00wardro (find matches)
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 Forest-Hug. Shot by Lieut.-Col. J. W . Vardley. The FOREST-HOG (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni). A huge black pig serving in some respects to connect the bush-pigswith the wart-hogs, although markedly distinct from both. Height atshoulder, 26 ins.; weight, i 16 lbs. clean (Major P. H. G. Powell-Cotton). Distribuiio7i.—Kenia and the Nandi Forest, but represented by anallied species or race in the Eastern Cameruns, and a third in theIturi Forest. Upper Tusks. TotalLength. Protrudingfrom gum. Circum-ference. Locality. Owner. 91/ 4i Nandi Forest . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 8i 4l Mount Kenia . Lieut.-Col. J. W. Vardlcy n 4.i Do. Lower Tusks. . E. P.. Home. 9 I Si/ ^ Nandi Forest . Hon. Walter Rothschild. si 3 Mount Kenia Lieut.-Col. J- ^V. Vardlcy • i\ A Do. E. V>. Home. 458 RECORDS OF BIG GAME
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Tusks of Wart-Hojj; in American National Collection. The WART-HOG (Phacochoerus aethiopicus). Bango or Nguruzvi, Swahili.Haluf, Sudani.Ikulubi^ Basuto.Indaigciaana, Swazi and Zulu.Karkari, Somali. Ngolobiui, Barotsi and Ngami.Njiri ox Injiri, Chilala and Chibisa.Vlak-vark, Boer.Darunga, Hausa.Ngron, MKua. Shaiikoli, Chila. For downright ugliness the African wart-hog is hard to beat, andas it is well armed and possesses a bad temper, it is in all respects anundesirable acquaintance. The name is derived from the presence ofthree pairs of wart-like protuberances on the sides of the face betweenthe eyes and the tusks ; the head itself being characterised by thedisproportionate length and flatness of the face. Unlike typical pigs,the stout upper tusks are longer than the lower pair ; the inferiorsurfaces of their basal halves being worn to smooth facets by thepoints of the latter. Another peculiarity of the upper tusks is thatthey have no enamel, except at the extreme tips, which are soon

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  • bookyear:1910
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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Ward__Rowland
  • booksubject:Game
  • booksubject:Game_and_game_birds
  • booksubject:Hunting_trophies
  • bookpublisher:London__England____Rowland_Ward__limited
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian
  • bookleafnumber:477
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