Sus. 415 
the central metacarpals and metatarsals are fused into a solid bone. 
The hogs have a prolonged snout, flexible at the end, with a firm 
cartilaginous tip, with which they are enabled to plough up the ground 
Dentition of Wild Boar. 
in search of roots. They have also a very keen sense of smell. The 
normal dentition of the true hogs is as follows :— 
Inc., 2 > can, — ; premolars, 4—*; molars, 3=3 = 44. 
The hogs, unlike other pachyderms, are noted for their fecundity. 
GENUS SUS. 
Incisors, 4 ser the lower ones slanted; the canines large and 
curved outwards and upwards ; molars tuberculate; four toes on each 
foot—that is, two major and two minor, each hoofed. 
No. 4383. SUS SCROFA. 
The European Wild Boar. 
NativE NaMEs.—Guwraz or Kuk, Persian. 
Hapirat.—Persia and the Thian Shan mountains near Kashgar. 
Description.—Body dusky or greyish-brown, with a tendency to 
black, with black spots; large mouth with long projecting tusks; the 
hairs of the bedy coarse, mixed with a downy wool; bristles on the 
neck and shoulders. The young are marked with longitudinal stripes of 
reddish colour. 
