THE PIGMY HOG 



instance charged me, I should of course have been 

 compelled to shoot him. 



Some vernacular names of this animal are 

 Hundustani Soor, Bara-janwar, Kala-janwar. 

 Canarese Hundi. 

 Mahrathi Dukar. 

 Telegu Pandi. 



THE PIGMY HOG (Porcula salvania} 



This tiny animal, which is said by Mr. Hodgson 

 to resemble in size and shape a young one of the 

 preceding species of about a month old, weighs 

 only from seven to ten pounds. Its habitat is the 

 saul forests of Sikkim, and the Nepaul Terai. 

 Hodgson says "the colour of the animal is a black 

 brown, shaded vaguely with dirty amber or rusty 

 red." According to the same author, the pigmy hog 

 goes in herds, and the males will courageously attack 

 intruders, " charging and cutting the naked legs of 

 their human or other attackers with a speed that 

 baffles the eyesight, and a spirit which their straight, 

 sharp laniaries render really perplexing, if not 

 dangerous." 



The vernacular names for this animal are 



H industani Chota-soor. 

 N epaulese Sano-banel. 



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