(5. BABIRUSSA. 349 



only to be observed in skulls of young animals ; but the spot where 

 it was placed is sometimes indicated by a porous structure in the 

 full-grown skull, as in specimen no 718 Z. 



6. BAEIRUSSA. 



Face conical, simple. Ears rounded. Tail and limbs slender. 

 Skull conical ; nose elongate, simple; the hinder upper part of the 

 intermaxillary bones smooth ; the upper cutting-teeth large, equal, 

 equidistant ; the sheath of the upper canine bent upwards from the 

 base at the side of the jaw ; canines arched backwards, sometimes 

 even spirally recurved ; lower premolar compressed. 



Ikbirousa, Gray, Ann. Phil. 182o. 



Babiroussa, F. Cuv. Bent. Mamni. p. 212, t. 8G *. 



Babirussa, F. Cuv. Dent. Matnm. ; Lesson, Mam. p. 338 ; Gray, List 



Mamm. B. M. p. 185 ; P. Z. S. 1852, p. 131, 1808, p. 42 ; Gerrard, 



Cat. Bones B. M. p. 278. 

 Porous, Wagler, Syst. p. 17 ; Fttz. Sitz. Akad. Wissen. 1864, p. 435. 



M. F. Cuvier, when adopting this genus, described and figured 

 the grinders as small and nearly equal-sided (see Dent. Mamm. t.) ; 

 but this is a mistake ; they are as large and elongate as the grinders 

 of the other Pigs, compared with the size of the skull. This genus 

 was first distinctly characterized in the ' P. Z. S.' 1852, p. 131. 



Babirussa alfurus. B.il. 



" Fur ashy ; dorsal streak yellowish brown ; beneath ferruginous- 

 washed." 



Aper orieutalis, Brisson, Beyu. Anim. p. 110. 



Sus babyi'ussa, Linn. S. N. p. 50 ; Quay i)- Gaim. Vuy. Astral. Zool. 



i. p. 125, t. 22, 23; Isis, 1836, t. 13; 8chinz, Monuyr. iv. p. o,t. 5. 



f. a-d ; Blainv. Osteoyr. t. 2, t. 5 (skull, cJ). 

 Sus babiroussa, Bodd. Elcnch. i. p. 157. 

 Sus babirussa, Schreb. Sauyeth. t. 328 ; Blainr. Osteogr. Onguliyr. t. 2 



(skeleton, 5), t. 5. f. 7 (skull and teeth). 

 Babirussa alfurus, Lessim, 3Iamm. p. 338 ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 



p. 185 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 42 ; Mater, P. Z. K 1860, p. 443, t. 83 



(from life) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 279. 

 I'orcus babyrussa, Waqlcr, Syst. p. 17 ; Schreh. Siiuqeth. Siipp. v. 



p. 509 ; 'Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 1864, p. 43 ; Giebcl, Siiuijdh. 



p. 232. 

 Porcus babirussa, Beichh. Kat. Pachyd. p. 67, t. 54. f. 197, 199. 

 Aper in India, Plinii Hist. Nat. vii. p. 52. 

 Horned Hog, Green, Mas. B. 8. p. 27, t. 1 (skull). 

 Baljyroussa, Buntius, Lid. Orient, t. 1. fig. 

 Babyrussa, Jacob, Mii,^, 

 Babi roosa, Scha, Thes. i. t. 50. f. 2. 

 Babiroussa, Biiffon, H. N. xii. p. 379, t. 48. 



Hah. Borneo ; Malacca ? ; Celebes ; Ceram ; Timor ; Java ; Su- 

 matra ; New Guinea ; New Ireland {Fitzimjer). 



