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throughout the globe ; and none but Jews and Mahometans re- 

 fuse to eat its flesh. 



S. larvatus, Fr. Cuv. ; S. africanus, Schreb. CCCXXVII j 

 Sanglier de Madagascar, Daub. MDCCCLXXXV; Samuel 

 Daniels, Afric. Scenery. (The Masked Sanglier.) Tusks like 

 the common Hog; but on each side of the snout, near the tusks, 

 is a large tubercle, nearly similar to the mamma of a woman, 

 supported by a bony prominence, which gives it a very singular 

 appearance. It inhabits Madagascar and the south of Africa. 



S. bahinissa, BuflF. Supp. III,xii. (The Babiroussa.) Higher 

 and lighter than the others ; the tusks are long, slender, and 

 turned vertically upwards ; the upper ones inclining spirally 

 backwards. From some of the islands in the Indian Archi- 

 pelago. We may separate from the Hogs the 



Phacoch^rus, Fred. Cuv.(l) 



Grinders composed of cylinders, cemented together by a kind of 

 cortical substance, very similar to the transverse laminae of those 

 of the Elephant, and like them succeeding each other from behind. 

 The cranium is remarkably large ; the rounded tusks, inclined late- 

 rally upwards, are of a frightful magnitude; and on each of their 

 cheeks hangs a thick fleshy lobe, which completes the hideousness 

 of their figure. They have only two incisors above, and six below. 



Those brought from Cape Verd generally have the incisors very 

 complete S. africaniis, Gm.: in such as are from the Cape of Good 

 Hope S. aethiopicus, Gm.; Buff. Supp. Ill, xi, they are scarcely 

 visible, some vestiges however exist under the gum. This differ- 

 ence may arise from age, which may have worn them away in the 

 latter, or it may indicate a different species, more especially as the 

 head of those from the Cape of Good Hope is somewhat larger 

 and shorter. 



With still more propriety do we separate from the Hogs the 



DicoTYLE, Cuv. (2) 



Or the Pecaries, which have, it is true, grinders and incisors very 

 similar to those of the Hog properly so called, but their canini, di- 

 rected like those of animals in general, do not project from the 

 mouth, and they have no external toe to their hind foot. There is 

 no tail, and upon the loins is a glandular opening from which a fetid 

 humour is excreted. The metatarsal and metacarpal bones of their 

 two great toes are soldered together like those of the Ruminantia, 



(1) Phaco-chxrus, Hog with a wart. 



(2) Dicotyk, double navel, from the opening on the back. 



