Here we met with the large and deep lairs of the porcupine (Hystrix cristata) and also of the earth-pig, a devourer of ants and termites. The burrows of the earth-pig are several yards deep, and hidden in the grass they constitute a dangerous impediment to the traveller and hunter.
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Two more porcupines, a jumping-hare, and a South African skunk, all had a similar fate, and then the dogs took a circuitous route back again to the hills, and started an earth-pig (Orycteropus capensis).
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Altogether a different animal from those above named is the so-called earth-pig (Orycteropus capensis,) which some call also the ant-eater, or the ant-bear, the Isambane of the natives. His hog-like head, with a long upper jaw, which projects far over the lower, and terminates in a snout; his erect, large, pointed ears; the shape, size, and position of the eyes; and some other things, make him look, at first sight, not a little piggish; and hence, with his habit of burrowing and spending his days mostly in the earth, he comes, properly enough, by the name of earth-pig.
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