MISCELLANEOUS 



FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Mammaliology. 



1. IN a late number of the Journal, it is ob- 

 served, on the authority of Dr. Samuel Brown, " That 

 there has recently been discovered, in one of the ni- 

 trous caves" of Kentucky, " the cranium of a large 

 species of Sus, or Hog, in a state of excellent preser- 

 vation*." This cranium, having lately been trans- 

 mitted to the American Philosophical Society, has 

 been carefully examined by Professor Wistar, who 

 has very satisfactorily shown, that it is the cranium 

 of the Sus Tajacu, or Pecary. From this individual 

 fact, it would not be safe to deduce any inference re- 

 lative to the geographical range of the Pecary, in for- 

 mer times : but many facts, which the Editor has 

 collected, induce him to believe, that this species of 



* Vol. ii. Part 1. Page 158. 

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