220 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



the largest, the two lateral are much shorter, and 

 do not rest on the ground ; hind feet with three 

 toes, two long like the anterior, and one shorter 

 internally ; the external altogether wanting. 



A gland situated upon the lumbar region, ex- 

 creting through a valvular opening an extremely 

 fetid, oily humour. 



Tail replaced by a tubercle ; body covered with 

 strong, stifl' bristles. 



The metatarsal and metacarpal bones of the two 

 large toes of all the feet united together to form 

 a canon bone like that of ruminants. 



Stomach divided into many pouches by mem- 

 branous septse. 



Habit. Analogous to that of the wild Boar. 



Species. 



1. Dicoiyles torqtmtiis, Fred. Cuv. Diet, des 

 Sciences JVat. t. 9. p. 518. 



Pecari, Buif. Hist. Nat. t. 10. pi. 3. 



Pecari ou tajassou, Daub. De scrip. An at, 



Tayfetou^ d'Azara, Essai sur THist. Nat. des 

 Quadr. du Parag. t. 1. j). 31. Patira de la Guyane, 

 accordin": to Laborde. 



Siis tajassu, Linn. Erxleb. Bodd. 



Pecari, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithogr. (Encyci. pi. 

 39. fig. 2.) 



Char. Essent. Hairs annulated by dirty-white 

 and black; a large whitish band, descending ob- 

 liquely from each shoulder to the sides of the neck. 



