4. scROFA. 345 



wild species are' often more or loss domesticated in the countries 

 they naturally inhabit; but these animals differ little from their 

 M'lld i>rogenitors, and are very different fi'om the true domestic 

 animals. 



4. SCROFA. 



Face conical, smooth, or nearly so. SkuU— sheath of the canine 

 with a more or le«s distinct longitudinal crest across the base. 

 Scrofa, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 38. 



Scrofa domestica. 



Scrofa domestica, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 38. 



Siis \'en-es,P/mius, Hist. Nat. \iii. p. irA. 



Sus doniesticus, Urissun, Beg. Anim. p. 106. 



Sus scrofa domesticus, Er.vhb. Syst. p. 179; Fischer , Siin. Mnntm 



p. 422. 

 Cochon, Buffon, II. N. v. p. 99. 



Verrat, Buffon, H. N. y. p. 99, t. 17. i. 2 (t. 24. f. 3 skull) 

 Hog, Penn. ' 



Hah. Domesticated in most parts of the inhabited world. 

 Some varieties have small erect hairy ears and strong long legs 

 like wild swine. 



Var. 1. CoJion de Siam,'K\i^on, v. pp. 125, 137, t. 17. f. 1 (i. '?4 

 f. 2, skull?). ^ 



Sus scrofa sinensis, Schreh. t. .324 (copied from Buffon ; not S. si- 

 nensis, Brissoti). 



Black. The young black, without any streaks. Face tapering. 

 Skull rather short; crown rather convex {Buff'on). 



Hah. Siam. I have not seen the variety. 



Daubenton describes the skeleton (H. 2^. v. p. 181). This has most 

 unaccountably been confused with the Chinese Pig by Desmarcst, 

 Fischer, and others, which has very short thin legs, with the belly 

 almost to the ground. I have not seen this variety. 



A young hoar from Ahjiers. Rusty brown ; hair black, with long 

 rusty ends. Nose, orbits, edge of oars, and a longitudinal streak 

 on the whiskers black. Chest nakedish. No warts on the cheeks. 

 Ears moderate, densely hairy. 



Hah. Algiers {B.M. ; Henry Christy, Esq.). 



Skull in the British iruscum (no. 713 r). This animal lived some 

 time in the Zoological Society's Gardens. The skull is short, with a 

 flat forehead and nose like that of a Domestic Pig. It is, in many 

 respects, very Kkc the Cochon de Siam of Buffon. 



Var. 2. Pore noir a jamhe courte, F. Cuv. 



Sus scrofa domestica meridioualis, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 442. 

 Huh. Italy. 

 Black. Ears small, nearly erect. A fold over the cvcbrow. 



