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60. L. CUNICULUS, L. Kanin. Tlie Eabbit. D. F. 



Ears shorter than the head, of one colour without 

 the black tip ; colour grey, mixed with yellow-brown ; 

 neck red-brown; tail shorter than the thigh-bone; 

 brown above. Length 1 ft. 5 in.; tail 3 in. 

 Is not met with in a wild state either in Scandinavia, Den- 

 mark, or Finland, although tame rabbits are kept in many 

 parts, at least as far up as Stockholm. 



II. Quadrupeds furnished with hoofs. 



OEDEE 6. PACHYDEEMATA. 



Hoofed animals which do not ruminate. Incisors in both 

 jaws, . 



Gen. Bus, L. 



Molars tuberculated ; 4 toes on each foot ; nose ends in 

 a snout ; body covered with bristles. 



61. Sus SCKOFA DOMESTICUS, Erxl. Tamt Svin. The Do- 

 mestic Pig. D. F. 



Body and tusks more slender than in the wild pig ; 

 ears longer and often hanging down; colour white, 

 black, red, or spotted. 



Is met with throughout all Scandinavia, except in the 

 far north, where the price of corn is so dear that ' ' pigs 

 won't pay for feeding." 



Sus Scrofa-ferus. Yild Svin. (The Wild Boar). 



Ears shorter, rounded, standing erect; tusks larger; 

 nose and snout thicker and more lengthened; colour black 

 or dull blackish grey ; legs and ears black. 



Although now extinct in Scandinavia, fossil remains 

 which are occasionally dug up in the turf mosses of the 

 south, prove that in by-gone ages wild pigs of a very large 

 size inhabited this continent. 



