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throughout the globe ; and none but Jews and Mahometans re- 
fuse to eat its flesh. 
S. larvatus, Fr. Cuv.; S. africanus, Schreb, CCCXXVIIs 
Sanglier de Madagascar, Daub. MDCCCLXXXV;_ Samuel 
Daniels, Afric. Scenery. (The Masked Sanglier.) Tusks like 
the common Hog;; but on each side of the snout, near the tusks, 
is a large tubercle, nearly similar to the mamma of a woman, 
supported by a bony prominence, which gives it a very singular 
appearance. It inhabits Madagascar and the south of Africa. 
S. babirussa, Buff. Supp. II, xii. (The Babiroussa.) Higher 
and lighter than the others; the tusks are long, slender, and 
turned vertically upwards; the upper ones inclining spirally 
backwards. From some of the islands in the Indian Archi- 
pelago. We may separate from the Hogs the 
Puacocnuarus, Fred. Cuv.(1) 
Grinders composed of cylinders, cemented together by a kind of 
cortical substance, very similar to the transverse laminz of those 
of the Elephant, and like them succeeding each other from behind. 
The cranium is remarkably large ; the rounded tusks, inclined late- 
rally upwards, are of a frightful magnitude; and on each of their 
cheeks hangs a thick fleshy lobe, which completes the hideousness 
of their figure. They have only two incisors above, and six below. 
Those brought from Cape Verd generally have the incisors very 
complete—S. africanus, Gm.: in such as are from the Cape of Good | 
Hope—S. exthiopicus,Gm.; Buff. Supp. III, xi, they are scarcely 
visible, some vestiges however exist under the gum. This differ- 
ence may arise from age, which may have worn them away in the 
latter, or it may indicate a different species, more especially as the 
head of those from the Cape of Good Hope is somewhat larger 
and shorter. 
With still more propriety do we separate from the Hogs the 
Dicoty1z, Cuv.(2) 
Or the Pecaries, which have, it is true, grinders and incisors very 
“similar to those of the Hog properly so called, but their canini, di- 
rected like those of animals in general, do not project from the 
mouth, and they have no external toe to their hind foot. There is 
no tail, and upon the loins is a glandular opening from which a fetid 
humour is excreted. The metatarsal and metacarpal bones of their 
two great toes ‘are soldered together like those of the Ruminantia, 
(1) Phaco-cherus, Hog with a wart. 
(2) Dicotyle, double navel, from the opening on the back. 
