1868. J DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SUID^. 2? 



the Zoological Gardens (Feb. 1867) which appear to be a domestic 

 race from Formosa, although not much altered save in colouring 

 from the wild animals (Blyth, Land and Water, Feh. 16, 1867, p. 84). 

 Mr. Fraser has just received from the island of Formosa, per the 

 ' Maitland,' one Boar and one Sow of a red variety, and one Sow in 

 pig, black variety, of a new species of Pig (Sus taevanus, Swinhoe, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.) supposed to he the wild origin of the well- 

 known Chinese Pig (Dec. 1867). 



5. SUS CRISTATUS. B.M. 



Bristles of forehead, occiput, and back elongate, forming a mane ; 

 cheeks with a beard. Yellowish brown, black-varied ; beneath dirty 

 white. Nose and extremity brownish. Ears moderate, nakedish, 

 covered with scattered bristles. Head without any warts. Hoofs 

 white. 



Sus scrofa, Elliot, Madras Journ. x. 216, 1839, 1 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 

 1860, p. 531. 



S. scrofa, var. indicus, Horsfield, Cat. Mamm. M. E. I. C. 193 ; 

 Blainv. Osteogr. t. 5. 



Sus indicus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 1 85, 1840; Horsfield, P.Z.S. 

 1852, p. 130, 1856, p. 406; Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. xv. 261 ; 

 Schinz, Syn. Mamm. ii. 350 ; Blainv. Osteogr. Onguligr. t. 5 (skull) ; 

 P. Z. S. 1848, p. 73, 1850, p. 158, 1852, p. 130, 1860, p. 181 ; Ger- 

 rard. Cat. Bones, B. M. 277. 



Sus bengalensis, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Bengal, xxix. 304. 



Sus cristatus, Wagner, Miinch. gel. Anzeig. Ix. 53.5, 1839 ; Fitz. 

 Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. xix. 417, 1864, p. 389. 



Sus aper, Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. x. 911. 



Sus affinis. Gray, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 71, 1847. 



Sus scrofa, var. isonotus, Hodgson, Icon. B. M. t. 216. 



Hub. India; Malabar {Blainv.); Nepal, Tarai and mountains 

 {Hodgson) ; Banks of Punjab {Adams) ; Penang, Singapore, and 

 Lanedy Island {Fitzinyer). 



Mr. Bryan Hodgson describes two varieties (see Journ. A. S. 

 Bengal, i. pp. 245 & 911) as inhabiting the Tarai and mountains of 

 Nepal: — \. aiponius: tusk large; forequarters high. 2. isonotus: 

 tusk small ; back nearly horizontal. There is a figure of the latter 

 variety in his drawings in the British Museum (t. 216): the nape 

 and back are much crested. 



7 16 M. Skull of adult male. Length 15, height 94 inches. " Mar- 

 quis." Nepal ; B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



716j3. SkuUof adult male. Length 14, height 8| inches. Marked 

 " Bilmareeah, S. indicus." 



7 1 6 k. Skull of adult male. Length 1 5^, height 9^ inches. Marked 

 " (Sms babirusa." Malabar (see Blainv. Osteog. t. .). 



716 /J. Skull of adult male. Length \A\, height S^ inches. 



716^. Skull of adult male. Length 14, height 9 inches. " Mar- 

 quis." Nepal; B.H.Hodgson. 



716 o. Skull of adult male. Length 15^^, height 9^ inches. India; 

 Sir John Boileau. 



