DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 



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species, Sus vittatus, from eastern Asia. From this latter the 

 swine of China and those of the Romans and indeed most of the 

 European races have descended. The lake dwellers of Switzer- 

 land had domesticated hogs, and pig remains have been found 

 with prehistoric relics in Denmark. China has had domesti- 

 cated swine for thousands of years. 



The many races of cattle all seem to trace back to two 

 sources, the wild banteng, Bos sondaicus, of Java and South 



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FIG. 143. The wild sheep of the Trans-Caspian steppes, Ovis arkal. 

 (After Keller.) 



Asia, from which are derived the zebus, the old Egyptian long- 

 horns, and many of the races of Europe, such as the Spanish, 

 Albanian, Sardinian, Polish and brown Alpine cattle; and the 

 primitive wild ox of Europe, Bos primigenius, from which have 

 descended most of the English, North German, and Holland 

 races. This wild species persisted in Germany until the twelfth 

 century and in Poland up to the eighteenth century. A 

 few persons in America have tried to create a hybrid race by 



