PACHYDERMATA : EQUID^E. QI 



defend themselves from the attacks of wild beasts by 

 forming a circle, and showing a savage front to the 

 enemy. They are indigenous to Europe, Asia, and Africa, 

 where in the wild regions they are still common. 



The Babiroussa, 5. babiroussa, Buff., of the Indian Ar- 

 chipelago, is of a lighter build, and is characterized by its 

 long slender tusks, the under ones turned vertically up- 

 wards, and the upper ones inclining spirally backwards. 



The Genus Phacochcerus Wart-bearing Hogs is char- 

 acterized by a fleshy lobe on each cheek, and enormous 

 tusks which incline upward. These hogs inhabit Africa. 



The Genus Dicotyles Peccaries differs from the 

 preceding genera in its canines, which are directed like 

 those of animals in general, the hind feet three-toed, the 

 tail rudimentary, and there is a peculiar gland upon the 

 loins. Peccaries inhabit the warmer regions of America. 



The Texas or Collared Peccary, or Mexican Hog, D. 

 torquatus, Cuv., is about three feet long, weighs fifty or 

 sixty pounds, is of a general gray color with a whitish 

 band stretching obliquely from the angle of the lower 

 jaw over the shoulders. 



The White-lipped Peccary, D. labiatus, Cuv., is larger 

 than the preceding one, and is very destructive to vege- 

 tation. 



EQUID.E, OR HORSE FAMILY. This Family, called 

 Solepedes by Cuvier, comprises animals which have only 

 one apparent toe and a single hoof to each foot ; although 

 under the skin, on each side of their metatarsus and me- 

 tacarpus, there are spurs representing two lateral toes. 

 The Genus Equus comprises all the species. 



The Horse, E. caballus, Linn., is indigenous to the Old 

 World, but has accompanied man, and become estab- 

 lished in every quarter of the globe. This noble animal 

 is the most beautiful, graceful, and the most useful to 

 man of all the Pachyderms. The Horse no longer exists 



