240 THE GUINEY HOG. 



is the fame fpecies, and that thefe diffeiences are 

 only varieties produced by the influence of cli- 

 mate. Of this we have an example in the Siam 

 hog which iikewife differs from that of Europe ; 

 and yet it is unqueftionably the fame fpecies, 

 fince they intermix and produce together. The 

 Guiney hog is nearly of the fame figure with 

 ours, and of the fame fize with the Siam hog,^ 

 that is, fmaller than the wild boar, or the do- 

 meftic hog. It is an original native of Guiney, 

 and has been tranfported to Brafil, where it 

 has multiplied prodigioufiy. It is domeftic, 

 and perfe£lly tame. It has Ihort, red, ihining 

 hair, and no briftles, even on the back. The 

 neck and crupper, near the origin of the tail, 

 are covered with longer hairs than thofe on the 

 reft of the body. Its head is not fo large as 

 that of the European hog, from which it differs 

 in the figure of the ears, which are very long, 

 fharp-pointed, and lie back upon the neck. Its 

 tail is alfo much longer, reaching near the 

 ground, and entirely deftitute of hair. This race, 

 which, according to Marcgrave, is peculiar to 

 Guiney, is found Iikewife in Afia, and parti- 

 cularly in the illand of Java *, from whence 



they 



Porcus Guinecnfis; Marcgrave, Brafil. />. 230. Rait Synopf. \ 

 quad. p. 96. 



Sus porcus, doifo poftice fetofo, cauda longitudine pedum } ; 

 L'mn- Ssft. Nat. p. 103. 



• In the ifland of Java the hogs have no briftles ; and thejf 

 ate fo fat, that their bellies drag upon the ground ; Vc,;fagi de 

 Mandelfto, torn. 2. />. 349. 



