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211(1 Family. PACHYDERMATA, properly so 



called- 



Char. Tliree sorts of teeth, in the greatest 

 number, at least two in the remainder; feet ter- 

 minated b}' four toes at most, and two at least, 

 excepting in the Pecari, in which one lateral toe 

 is not developed. 



Genus. 

 Siis. Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Cuv. Geoff. Illie,. 



CHARACTEnS. 



S Incisor 4 or 6. 

 I ^v.i.v,..„. ^v. >^x *^. J Canine 2. 



Dental formula.— teeth 42 or 44 J - > i^^^!^'" ^t ' 



, r Incisor 6. 



L inferior 22. < Canine 2. 



C. Molar 14. 



Inferior incisors directed obliquel}^ forwards, 

 with cutting edges ; superior incisors conical. 



Canines strong, projecting from the mouth, and 

 curving upwards, sometimes very long, destitute 

 of proper roots, and growing during life. 



Molars simple, the anterior small and narrow, 

 the last four furnished wnth blunt tubercles, dis- 



Arvili the mime he then went by.) The bones were boated by 

 Mr. Ash to New Orleans, where he made a feint to sell them, 

 and was offered seven thousand dollars for them. He observed 

 that the sum was not one tenth their value, and from New 

 Orleans he shipped fhem to London." (Vid. append, p. 259.) 



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