. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. iii n.\liVHOrsSA. âB,i),f,-i( Allinm. Iho \AiiK Of Busl. Hog, of Southoni Africa is a veiy fonnidoble animal in aspect as wdl as m character, tlie heavy, lowering look, the project^ ks 3 " ; hj,|s prnfuberance on the cheek giving it a {erock,us ex n^ssi^ ^-hicl^s waj tl e 1 hy the savagv and sullen temper of the animal. The Bosch Vark inhabits . â¢â orJsts an IS generally oxmd ying in excavations or hollows in the ga^ound, from wl i h iMs tt rnsli ,t suddenly disturbe
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. iii n.\liVHOrsSA. âB,i),f,-i( Allinm. Iho \AiiK Of Busl. Hog, of Southoni Africa is a veiy fonnidoble animal in aspect as wdl as m character, tlie heavy, lowering look, the project^ ks 3 " ; hj,|s prnfuberance on the cheek giving it a {erock,us ex n^ssi^ ^-hicl^s waj tl e 1 hy the savagv and sullen temper of the animal. The Bosch Vark inhabits . â¢â orJsts an IS generally oxmd ying in excavations or hollows in the ga^ound, from wl i h iMs tt rnsli ,t suddenly disturbed, and to M'ork dire vengeance" upon its foe In coloui-^it is extremely variable, some species being of a unifo.'m dark brown others of VbroVn yaru|,a ed with wlute, while others are "tinged with bright chestm"' T voui ./]s r eld- mottled with yellow and brown. For the following account of the habits o Fhe Bosch ^ ark 1 am indebted to Captain Dravsun's .AIS buck^wSi nnve'm\.H ^'f^''"'"^' ''^'^'^'^ T^ ^--'led to aflbrd shelter to the bush iicivs ^vlnch I have n e tioned, m., âmy generally expect find traces of the Bush Ti- lis spoor IS like the letter M wthout the ,ntal mark,s, the extremities of the toS ioriuing separate points, which is not the case vvith the antelopes, at least "Iryraely cenll" f;;;;«';^ ""l"'^^-- '^< ^l'-' ^-t being like the letter A wilh 'a division dmv^Se The Bush I'ig is about two feet six inches in height and live feet in lenoth his canine eeth are very large and strung, those in the upper aw projecting lK, iSse in the lower upwards He is coxcred with long bristles and taking Idm all in all, h^ abo" as lornudable looknig an annual, for his size, as can be seen Ihe Bosch Yarks traverse the forests in , and subsist on r«,ots and younu^^ f,,ests ; this is a tavourite fruit oflh vHd pii ..as^^t2L^;;;m;j;!:ir;;?;i;!:ry;;S't;,!^ ^' ^â '^' '^---^^ p^^- ^â¢
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