244 auiD^. 



This genus, it will be remarked, makes an approach to the American 

 peccaries, in the non-exserted canines, the short tail, and the small 

 fourth toe. 



216. Porculia salvania. 



Hodgson.— J. A. S., XVI. 423, and XVIII. 47G.— Horspield, 

 P. Z. S. 1853, pi. 37. — Sano banel, Nepal. — Chota silwar, H. 



The Pigmy Hog. 



Descr.- — ^Blackish- brown, slightly and irregulai-ly shaded with sordid 

 amber ; iris hazel ; nude skin dirty flesh-colour ; hoofs glossy brown. 



Length, snout to vent 2(S inches ; tail little more than 1 ; height 10 ; 

 weight 7 to 10 lb., rarely 12 lb. 



There is no mane, but the general pelage is ample, and there is a 

 mystaceal tuft. The false molars are compressed, and the face is propor- 

 tionally less long than in Sus. The female has only 6 mammpe, and the 

 tail is not so long as the hair of the rump. It wants the normal nasal 

 bones oi Sus. The stomach is narrower and the orifices more terminal ; 

 it has also a smaller cajcum and shorter intestines. 



The Pigmy Hog is found in the Nepal and Sikim Terai, probably ex- 

 tending into Assam and Bhotan, but it is rare and with difficulty pro- 

 cui'able. Mr. Hodgson had long heard of its existence before he got a 

 single specimen. It is exclusively confined to the deep recesses of the 

 jtrimaeval forests. The full-grown males live constantly with the herd, 

 which consists of from five to twenty individuals, and are its habitual 

 and resolute defenders agaiust harm. They eat roots, bulbs, &c., but 

 also birds' eggs, insects, and reptiles. The female has a litter of three 

 to four young ones. 



The above account is taken entirely from Mr. Hodgson's descriptions. 

 I endeavoured in vain to procure a specimen from the Sikim Terai whilst 

 at Darjeeling. 



The Babyroussa(*S'ws 5a5?/r?fssa), remarkable for its long, slender, curved 

 tusks, is found in INIalayana, and Sus papuensis is from new Guinea. A 

 peculiar species exists in Africa and Madagascar, /6W larvatus, forming the 

 genus Potaviocluerns of F. Cuvier ; and the same region produces the 

 curious wart-hogs, Phascochcerus, F. Cuvier, with huge tusks, an immense 

 head, with a thick fleshy lobe hanging from their cheeks. Their molars 

 are renewed, and succeed one another from behind, as those of elephants do. 



The Peccaries, Die tyhs, Cuvier, rei)resent this family in America. 



