RECORD-CLASS AFRICAN WARTHOG SHOULDER MOUNT. ...

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RECORD-CLASS AFRICAN WARTHOG SHOULDER MOUNT
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
The warthog will never win an animal kingdom beauty contest, but they make wonderful Big Game. They are a gregarious animal, living in bands of 4 to 6, and both males and females have warts and tusks which they use for rooting up the ground and for defense. The males grow larger than the females, and this is a trophy-class boar with tusks measuring 11¼ inches long, of which about 2¾ inches is inside the mouth. The taxidermy quality on this example is outstanding and the tusks are made of real ivory. He stands out from the wall 23½ inches, is 16½ inches high and 15 inches between the tips of the tusks.

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