WARTHOG SHOULDER MOUNT. ...

Description

WARTHOG SHOULDER MOUNT
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
The African Warthog will never win a beauty contest but they make fine sport for Big Game Hunters and are unique in appearance in all the animal kingdom. They are gregarious animals living in bands from 4 to 6, and both males and females have four big warts and large ivory tusk. The Warthog uses these tusks to root and dig for food, but the straight, razor-sharp lower pair in particular can also make an excellent defensive weapon if needed. Males grow larger than females and can weigh up to 220 lb; this is a big trophy-class Boar with the upper tusks each measuring 11 inches long, with about 2¾ inches of the ivory inside the mouth. The taxidermy quality on this example is better than average and it will make a fantastic conversation piece, measuring 22 inches high, 14 inches wide and projecting 20½ inches from the wall.

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