82 NATURAL HISTORY. 



with the Mastodon Giganteus, whose bones have been 

 found alone in America. 



140. The Tapir is in some respects like the Hog. It 

 has a prolonged snout, which allies it, on the other hand, 

 to the Elephant. With this it grasps fruit and herbage, 

 putting it into its mouth. The South American Tapir 

 is from five to six feet high. The Malay Tapir, Fig. 69, 



Fig. 69. The Tapir. 



is larger. It has its loins and hind quarters of a grayish 

 white color, giving it a singular appearance. 



141. Of the Pig Family I need say but little. The 

 two orifices of the snout are like those in the trunk of 

 the Elephant. The proverbial uncleanliness of the com- 

 mon Hog is owing in fact to the circumstances in which 

 man places it, and no animal seems to like clean straw 

 better. The Wild Hog or boar, the original of the do- 

 mestic hog, is still found in many parts of Europe, es- 

 pecially in the German forests, and its chase is one of 

 the sports of hunters. One of this family, the Baby- 

 roussa, or hog-deer, Fig. 70 (p. 83), has four tusks, two 

 of which do not pass out between the lips, but through 

 an opening in the skin. It is a native of Java and the 

 Moluccas. 



