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Moluccas (S. Babiroussa), remarkable for the great 

 length of its tusks, resembling four curved horns. 



Phacochoerus,* the Wart-hog. 



A remarkably hideous genus, distinguished by this 

 name, is found in North and South Africa. Resem- 

 bling the Hog in essential points, the head is mon- 

 strously developed, and the four large tusks pro- 

 jecting frightfully from the sides of the face, the 

 large warts with which its countenance is disfigured, 

 and the sack-like lobes into which the muzzle seems 

 plunged, render it really terrific to behold. The 

 Bushmen say of the Cape species (P. jEthiojpicus), 

 " We had rather attack a lion in the plain, than an 

 African Wild Boar ; for this, though much smaller, 

 comes rushing on a man as swift as an arrow, and, 

 throwing him down, snaps his legs in two, and rips 

 up his belly before he can get to strike at it, and kill 

 it with his javelin. "f 



The Hogs are represented on the American con- 

 tinent by the genus 



Dicotyles,\ the Peccary. 



The teeth differ in number, the tusks do not pro- 

 ject from the mouth, the outmost hind toe is want- 

 ing, and the tail is flat and exceedingly short. But 

 the most remarkable peculiarity is an orifice in the 



aj, phalfos^ a wart, and #a/0j, cJioiros, a pig. 

 t Sparrman's Voyage, vol. ii. p. 23. 

 + A)J, dis, double, and xorvXtj, kotyle^ an orifice, or navel. 



