Wart-Hog

an animal allied to the swine. There are several species. One is a native of northern Africa, another of southern Africa. The wart-hog is so named from the warts which cover the face. Ordinary swine expose two tusks, but the canine teeth of the wart-hog project from both jaws. The wart-hog attains a length of four feet. The body is covered with scanty, reddish gray hair, with a black mane and a black stripe running along the back. Like the wild boar, to which it is related, the wart-hog is fierce and courageous. Like its relative it fights desperately when brought to bay, but it is a much more clumsy and forbidding animal than the boar of the northern huntsman.