1868.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SUID^. 33 



2. PORCULA. 



Head conical, moderate. Ears small, erect, hairy. Cheeks with- 

 out any tubercles. Tail very short, rudimentary. Cutting-teeth |^, 

 two upper front largest, the lateral lower small ; intermaxillary mo- 

 derate, not produced; canines small, scarcely elevated above the 

 other teeth, the upper one rather spread out, but not reflexed ; 

 premolars ^. 



Porcula, Hodgson ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 278, 1852; Fitz. 

 Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 1864, p. 404. 



The skull chiefly diifers from Sus in being shorter and much 

 smaller. The number and form of the teeth and of the iutermaxil- 

 laries are the same as in Sus. 



* Back and nape maned. 



1. Porcula PAPUENSis. The Bene. B.M. 



Ears moderate, erect, nakedish ; internally white. Fur very 

 bristly above, with scattered bristles beneath ; bristles of nape and 

 back longer, forming a black mane ; brown and reddish above, black 

 and white beneath. 



Young. Dark brown, with five fulvous streaks. 



Ben, Forrest, Voy. 97, t. 2, 3. 



Sus papuensis, Lesson & Garn. Bull. Sci. Nat. vii. 96, 80 ; Du- 

 perrey, Voy. Coquille, Zool. i. t. 8 ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M.'l85 ; 

 P. Z.S. 1858, p. 107. 



Porcula papuensis, Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 1864, p. 23. 



Papuan Hog, Low, Breeds of Domestic Anim. ii. 1 . 



Sus scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 226. 



5^a5. New Guinea. Called ' Ben ' or ' Bene.' 



Lesson and Garuot described the skull as having only five grind- 

 ers on each side of each jaw ; but this animal was probably not full- 

 grown. Canines not longer than the other teeth. Tail very short. 



** Back and nape without any mane. 

 2. Porcula salviania. B.M. 



Fur very bristly al)ove, nakedish beneath ; black-brown, grey- or 

 yellowish-washed. Ears naked. Back without any crest. 



Porcula salviania, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. xvi. 423, 593, 

 t. 12, 13, xvii. 480, t. 27; Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 191 ; Fitz. 

 Sitz. Akad. d. Wissen. 1864, p. 25. 



Porcula salvania, Gerrard, Cat. Bones, 278 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 406, Mamm. PI. xxxvii. 



Sus scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 226. 



Pygmy Hog of the Saul Forests, Hodgson. 



Hub. Nepal; Sikkim ; Saul Forests in Tarai. 



Skull from the Saul Forests. Presented to the Museum ( 1077 ^/) 

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