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MAMMALIA. 
Sus scrofa .— The Hog. 
Plate XXV. fig. 2. 
The Wild Boar. 
Fig. l. 
The Common or Domesticated Hog. 
In a wild state it is blackish-brown, mixed with gray ; tusks 
strong, triangular, and directed almost laterally. In the domes¬ 
tic state subject to infinite variety in form and colour. Inha¬ 
bits, in a wild state, the great forests of Germany and Poland, 
&c.; and, in a domestic condition, every known country. 
Sus babyrussa .— The Babyroussa. 
Plate XXV. fig. 4. 
Lower tusks long, slender, turned up vertically ; upper (rues 
curved, very long, reaching to the forehead, above the eyes; 
legs long, slender. Inhabits the Indian Islands. 
Genus 6.—Phascochjerus. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character .—Incisors |, canines J—J, grinders > to¬ 
tal 30. The two intermediate incisive teeth smaller than the 
others ; canines very large, strong, and erect; grinders composed 
of cylinders of enamel which envelope the osseous substance; 
cheeks with large warts or excrescences; toes like the sus. 
Phascochcerus Africanus. — The Ethiopian Boar. 
Plate XXV. fig. 3. 
Hair of a bright yellow or sand colour; tusks round, very 
thick, directed laterally and vertically ; with a large fleshy lobe 
on each cheek. 
Genus 7.—Dicotyles. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — Incisory teeth canines J-J, grinders 
