250 A COURSE ON ZOOLOGY. 



The suidae, or swine family, has a number of represen- 

 tatives, among which the more important are the wild 



FIG. 190. 



HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS. 

 FIG. 191. 



WILD BOAR. 



boar of Europe, Asia Minor, and Northern Africa, the 

 wart-hog 1 of Southeastern Africa, and the peccary, 

 which is found from Arkansas to South America. These 



