PECARY. 



Sus Tajassu. S. dorso cystifcro, cauda intlla. Lin. Sytt. Nat. 



p. 103. 



Tailless Hog, with a glandular orifice on the back. 

 Sues quibus umbilicus in dorso. Aldr. Inside, p. 939. 

 Taja$u. Marcgr. Bras. p. 329. Pit. Ind. p. 98. Tyson Act. 



Aug. ft. 153. p. 359. Raj. Qwzrfr. 97. 

 Pecan, ou Taja^u. Buff", lo.p. ai. pi. 3, 4. 

 Mexican Hog. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 147. 



THE Pecary is the only animal of this genus 

 that is a native of the new world, where it is 

 chiefly found in the hottest regions. Its size is 

 considerably smaller than that of a common Hog, 

 and it is of a short compact form. The whole 

 animal is thickly covered, on the upper parts, 

 with very strong, dark-brown or blackish bristles, 

 each marked by several yellowish-white rings ; so 

 that the colour of the whole appears mottled with 

 minute freckles" or specks, and round the neck is 

 generally a whitish band or collar. The head is 

 rather large; the snout long; the ears short and 

 upright; the belly nearly naked : there is no tail, 

 and at the lower part of the back, or at some little 

 distance beyond the rump, is a glandular orifice 

 sin rounded by strong bristles in a somewhat ra- 

 diated direction. From the orifice exsudes a 

 strong-scented fluid, and this part has been vul- 

 garly supposed to he the navel of the animal : the 

 tusks in this species are not very large. 



The Pecary is a gregarious animal, and in its 

 wild state is fierce and dangerous ; sometimes at- 



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