82 NATURAL HISTORY. 
with the Mastodon Giganteus, whose bones have been 
found alone in America. 
140. The Tapir is in some respects like the Hog. It 
has a prolonged snout, which allies it, on the other hand, 
to the Elephant. With this it grasps fruit and herbage, 
putting it into its mouth. The South American Tapir 
is from five to six feet high. The Malay Tapi, Fig. 69, 
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is larger. It has its loins and hind quarters of a grayish 
white color, giving it a singular appearance. 
141. Of the Pig Family I need say but little. The 
two orifices of the snout are like those in the trunk of 
the Elephant. The proverbial uncleanliness of the com- 
mon Hog is owing in fact to the circumstances in which 
man places it, and no animal seems to like clean straw 
better. The Wild Hog or boar, the original of the do- 
mestic hog, is still found in many parts of Europe, es- 
pecially in the German forests, and its chase is one of 
the sports of hunters. One of this family, the Baby- 
roussa, or hog-deer, Fig. 70 (p. 83), has four tusks, two 
of which do not pass out between the lips, but through 
an opening in the skin. I[¢ is a native of Java and the 
Moluccas. 
