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COMMON HOC. 



Sus Scrofa. S. durto tuttice tttoto, cauda pilota. La. Sytf. 



Nat. p. i03. 



Hog with the body bristled in front, and with hairy tail. 

 Aper. Gem. Quadr. 146. Aldr. fault. 1013. 

 Sus. Gen. QuaJr. 872. Aldr. buttle. 937. 

 Sanglier, Verrat, Cochon, &c. Buff. 5. p. </). pi. 14. 16. 17. 

 Common Hog. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 140. 



Tn E Wild Boar, the stock or original ot'the com- 

 mon domestic Hog, is a native of almost all tin- 

 temperate parts both of Europe and A 

 is also found in the upper parts of Africa, It 

 stranger to the Arctic regions, and is not indi- 

 genous to the British isles. 



The Wild Boar inhabits \\nock living on vari- 

 ous kinds of vegetables, viz. roots, mast, acorns, 

 &c. &c. It also occasionally devours animal 

 food*. It is, in general, considerably smaller than 

 the domestic Hog, and is of a dark brinded grey 

 colour, sometimes blackish; but when only a year 

 or two old, is of a pale rufous or dull yellowish 

 brown cast; and when quite young, is marked by 

 alternate dusky and pale stripes disposed longitu- 

 dinally on eachside the body. 1 : the bristles, 

 : the skin, is a liner or softer hair, of a kind 

 of woolly or curling nature. The .snout is some- 

 t longer in proportion than that of the domestic 



Wild Boars have often been observed devouring hone-flesh left 

 in the woods, and the skin of the Roebuck : the claws of birds hftve 

 Iso been found in their ttomach* Bqfo*. 



