. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 352 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES The range includes Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa as far north as Kenia, British East 'f:^^- t^ Fig. 52.—Skull op Souiheen Bush-Pig {Potamochcerus choeropotatmis). Trom Gray, Hand-List of Thick-skinned Mammals. The following is a provisional " key" to the species:— A. Eyes not ringed with black. a. Parietal region of skull broad (39 to 44 mm. or more). a'. Muzzle with a black ring P. c. choeropotamus. V. Muzzle wholly black P. c. jolinstoni. b. Parietal r
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 352 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES The range includes Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa as far north as Kenia, British East 'f:^^- t^ Fig. 52.—Skull op Souiheen Bush-Pig {Potamochcerus choeropotatmis). Trom Gray, Hand-List of Thick-skinned Mammals. The following is a provisional " key" to the species:— A. Eyes not ringed with black. a. Parietal region of skull broad (39 to 44 mm. or more). a'. Muzzle with a black ring P. c. choeropotamus. V. Muzzle wholly black P. c. jolinstoni. b. Parietal region of medium width (24 to 26 mm.) P. c. mascliona. c. Parietal region very narrow (15 to 18 nam.), c'. Colour very dark, largely black, black and rufous when immature P. c. doemonis. d'. Colour less dark, mingled black and rufous,mainlyrufous when P. c. nyasce. B. Eyes with black rings P. c. henin. A.—PotamochcBrus choeropotamus chcBPopotamus. Sus choeropotamus typicus, Lydehher, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 523, 1899. Typical locality South (?) Africa. Colour variable, but very generally dark grey; parietal region of skull relatively broad, the width in adults reaching as much as 42 or even 47 mm. 38. 4. 16. 81 (715, a). Skull, female. Damaraland ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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