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THE PAPUAN HOG 



Stts Papuensis. LESSON & GARKOT. 

 PLATE XIX. 



Cochon des papous, Sus Papuensis. Lesson and Garnot 

 Voyage du Coquile, i. 171. pi. viii. 



THE large and rich isles of Papua, or New 

 Guinea, afford a shelter and abode for this curious 

 animal, feeding on roots and fruits which abound 

 there. According to the above quoted naturalists, 

 it forms a passage to the South American genus, 

 Dicoteles or Peccaries. It wants the tusks, so 

 formidable in the Wild Boar, and the tail is 

 nearly rudimentary ; but there is no trace of the 

 gland upon the rump, or strong smell about 

 the Papuan animal. It has, however, only eight; 

 paps, by which it approaches the Peccaries, thei 

 common Sow having generally twelve. The 

 Papuan Hog usually stands from eighteen to- 

 twenty inches high, and the form is light and 

 slender ; the ears proportionally short ; the body 

 round in its form ; the legs short. The hair is* 





