172 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE BABIROUSSA. 

 (Sus Babyroussa, Linn. Le Bdbiroussa, Buff.) 



THOUGH classed by naturalists with the Hog 

 kind, differs from animals of that species in a num- 

 ber of particulars : its legs are longer, and its body 

 more slender; it is covered with short hair as soft 

 as wool, and of a dark grey colour, mixed with red ; 

 its ears are short and pointed ; its tail is long, tufted 

 at the end, and twisted. Its most distinguishing 

 characteristic consists in four large tusks, the two 

 stoutest of which proceed, like those of the Wild- 

 Boar, from the under jaw, pointing upwards, and 

 standing near eight inches out of the sockets; the 

 two others rise up like horns on the outside of the 

 upper jaw, just above the nose, and extend in a 

 curve above the eyes, almost touching the forehead, 

 and are twelve inches in length. These tusks are 

 of the most beautiful ivory, but not so hard as those 

 of the Elephant. 



