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er ; the limbs more slender, and of greater length. The skin is 

 black, naked and warty, and when closely "examined found to be 

 sparingly set with short bristly hairs. It is remarkable for pos- 

 sessing four tusks The two recurved tusks of the upper jaw, 

 instead of passing out between the lips, pierce through the skin 

 half way between the eyes and the end of the snout, turning up- 

 wards towards the forehead, like the horns of the Ruminantia ; 

 the tusks of the lower jaw are also very long, sharp and curved; 

 but not of equal magnitude with those of the upper. The tusks 

 are very fine ivory, but neither so hard nor so durable as that of 

 the Elephant ; the eyes are small ; the ears erect and pointed ; 

 the tail rather long and slender, and tufted at the end with long 

 hairs. The food of the Babyroussa consists chiefly of vegeta- 

 bles, and the leaves of trees. When hunted closely, and in ap- 

 parent danger, this animal takes to the water, and by facility in 

 swimming, alternately diving and rising, is frequently able to 

 escape from its pursuers. It is said that it "crosses without diffi- 

 culty the straits that intervene between neighboring islands." 

 It is capable of being domesticated, and its flesh is palatable and 

 well adapted for food. The Indians ascribe these animals to a 

 union of the Hog and the Deer. The Babyroussas abound in the 

 Molucca islands, and are also found in a few other islands of the 

 Indian Archipelago. 



Two of these animals, (one of each sex,) were brought to 

 France, some years since, and kept in the Paris Menagerie. 

 " The female was much younger, and more active than the male, 

 which was aged and very fat, and spent his short life in eating, 

 drinking and sleeping. The female bred once after her arrival 

 in Europe. When the male retired to rest, she would cover him 

 completely over with litter, and then creep in under the straw to 

 him, so that both were concealed from sight. They died of dis- 

 eased lungs, about three years after their arrival." 



Phacochoerus, (Gr. qoax6g, phakos, lentil ; %oigos, choiros, hog.) 

 The WARTY HOG. 



^his genus of the Pachydermata, found in Africa, is allied to 

 the Swine, and from the projecting appendages about the head, 

 called Warty-hog. Its feet are formed like those of the True 

 Hog. Some of them have but sixteen, others twenty-four teeth, 

 while the common hog has forty-four, and the Babyroussa thirty- 

 two. Of the two species, one has incisors, the other none; both 

 have tusks, lateral and directed upwards. Their system of den- 

 tition points them out as more herbivorous than omnivorous. 



P, Aeliani, Aelian's Wart-Hog, is a native of the north of 

 Africa. This, at all ages, has incisor teeth in the upper and the 



