G4S 



V ERTEBRATA. 



ia partly black, and the tail ia long, reaching below the knee. Specimens of this kind arc in 

 mcna g, | j f] .;,,„ and Paris. The name Choiropotamns having been applied to an extinct 

 imoehanu has recently been given to this Bpecies by Gray. 

 D Boar, S. larvatus of F. < u\ i< -r. S. ■ l/ricanus of Schreber, lias tusks like the coin 

 it ..n each Bide of the muzzle, near the tusks, is a large tubercle, supported by a bony 

 .which imparts a singular physiognomy to the animal. It inhabits Madagascar and 

 . • Vfrica 





THE BAlilHUSsA. 



The Babiri --•>. S. babirussa, has ratlin- .slender, long legs, and is of a grayish color above, 

 with a tint of fawn below. The upper tusks come through the skin of the muzzle and turn cir- 

 backward, the points sometimes reaching the skin again in their downward progress. 

 These are useful only for warding off the bushes; the lower tusks, which are long and turn back- 

 ward, are powerful weapons of defense and offense. This species is found in tlie island of Borneo, 

 :is well a> vine other islands of the Indian Archipelago. 



PHACOCHCERUS : Pkacochcerus. — This includes two species called "Wart-Hogs, 

 i have some resemblance of form to the hippopotamus. They are more exclusively herb- 

 •us than the true hogs ; they have enormous beads, broad snouts, and large tusks directed 

 upward. The feet and legs are like the true bogs. 



II\k\.i\ or II \i i.i i', or /Elian's Wart-IIog, P. ^dSliani, is a native of North Africa, 



•fan, and Abyssinia. The skin is of an earthy color and scantily bristled ; a mane of thin 



• d inches loi nds along the neck and between the ears. The eyes are small ; the 



. and tufted at the end. There are two skinny warts, one small and the 



other ! each check. Bencc the popular name of the animal. 



: r. Wart-Hoo, Black Bark, Valke-Vark, or Emgallo, P. wEthiopicus, resembles 

 preceding, but the warts are largi r, and the head still more uncouth in its form. Specimens 

 have been in the Zoological Gardens of Antwerp and London. 



I 'I' I >TYLES : Dicotyles. — This includes the only indigenous kinds of swine of Amer- 



ca, the common hog having been unknown on this continent until it was introduced by Europe- 



-. 'lie- peccaries have the canines in the ordinary manner, and not protruding from the mouth 



i the form of tasks; the incisors and molars are similar to those of the common bog; two great 



Dos are a glandular opening on the loins, secreting a fetid humor, and an 



ition of tail. There are two Bpecies. Both resemble the common hog* in .their form, 



ire, habits, and propensities. Their gait is almost precisely similar; they root in the earth 



