194 CATALOGUE. 



HAB. The island of Bum (Bourou Fr.), one of the Moluccas, 

 Bontius, Midler. Celebes, Bum, and Ternate, M tiller. 



A. The skull, presented by Dr. Eoxburgh. 



B. The skull, presented by G. Stevens, Esq. 



Genus PORCULA, Hodgson. 



SUID.E, genus Porcula, mihi, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. XVI. p. 423. 



Generic Char. Teeth . }-:}- . :f = 40. Canines small, straight, 

 severely cutting, but not ordinarily exserted from the lips. Fourth toe 

 on all the feet small and unequal. Tail very short, but distinct. 



Specific Char. Pigmy Hog, of a black-brown colour, slightly and 

 irregularly shaded with sordid amber. Iris hazel ; nude skin, dirty 

 flesh-colour. Hoofs, glossy brown. Length, from snout to vent, 18 

 to 20 inches. Height, 8 to 10 inches. Weight, 7 to 10, rarely 12 Ibs. 



282. PORCULA SAL VAN I A, Hodgson, J. A. 8. B. loc. cit.; 

 Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist. N. 8. 1 1 1. p. 202. 



Pigmy Hog of the Saul Forest. 



SANO BANEL, and CHOTA SUVAR, of the natives, Hodgson. 



HAB. Saul Forest. 



A. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



In the sixteenth volume of the Journ. As. Soc. of Bengal, as above 

 cited, Mr. Hodgson gives a detailed description of the form, habits, and 

 peculiarities of this animal, with a figure ; and in the seventeenth volume, 

 p. 476, of the same Journal, some additional remarks on its anatomy. 

 The following is a short extract from Mr. Hodgson's interesting 

 account : " The Pigmy Hog is exclusively confined to the deep recesses 

 of primeval forest, and hence (I believe) has entirely escaped all notice 

 of Europeans up to the present hour ; and whereas, again, the grown 

 males of the common Hog invariably dwell apart, those of the Pigmy 

 Hog abide constantly with the herd, and are its habitual and resolute 

 defenders against harm. I obtained my single specimen recently in the 

 Tarai of Sikim ; but I know that the species dwells also in the Tarai 

 of Nepaul ; nor have I any doubt it inhabits as far north-west and 

 south-east as the Saul Forest extends ; though, such are its rarity and 

 secludedness, that, knowing of its existence and anxious to procure it 

 as I have been for fifteen years past, I have only just succeeded. Even 



