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3. MELES. p. 48. Meles. 

 Linnean references : Faun. Suec. no. 15 ; Syst. Nat. (6) p. 6. 



European Badger. 

 Type locality : Upsala. 



4. LOTOR. p. 48. Procyon. 

 Linnean references: Syst. Nat. (6) p. 4 ; Act. Stockh. 1747, 



t. 9. f. 1 (p. 277 & seqq.). 



Although in the last-named place Linufeus refers to earlier 

 accounts, yec his description of an actual specimen, whose habit, 

 as mentioned by him (p. 282), of dipping its food in water would 

 have suggested the name lotor, should ovei'ride his synonymy. 

 His statement that the Raccoon is called Ispa.n by the Swedes 

 in Pennsylvania may be accepted as defining the locality of his 

 animal. Therefoi-e 



Type locality : Pennsylvania. 



Genus 16. Sus. p. 49. 

 Four species. Type by tautonymy : Sus scrofa ('' Sus, Gesn."). 



Species : 



1. SCROFA. p. 49. Sus. 



Linnean references : Faun. Suec. no. 36 ; Syst. Nat. (6) p. 12. 



European Wild Swine. 



Type locality : Geriiiany, whence the wild specimens referred to 

 by Linnaeus were introduced * into the island of Oeland. 



2. POROUS, p. 50. Foiamochcerus. 

 Linnean reference : Syst. Nat. (6) p. 12. 



Refers to " Rai, quadi-, 96," where a further reference is given 

 to Marcgrave's Porcus guineensis, whose description is clearly 

 that of the West- African River-Hog. 



Type locality : Guinea. 



3. TAJACU. p. 50. Tayassu. 

 Linnean reference : Syst. Nat. (6) p. 12, no. 3. 



Here the only quotation is Ray (Quadr. p. 97), who in turn 

 gives primary importance to Tyson's description (Phil. Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 359, 1683) of what he calls a Mexican Musk-Hog. 

 We may therefore consider the 



Type locality : Mexico. 



4. BABYRUSSA. p. 50. Bahirussa. 



Linnean reference : Syst. Nat. (6) p. 12, no. 4, whei-e we find 

 two quotations : Ray, Quadr, p. 96, and Seba, Thes. i. p. 80, 

 pi. 1. figs. 2 & 3. 



Babirusa. 



Type locality (from both Ray and Seba) '. " Island of Boero." 



* See Lilljehovg, Sver. U.vgg. D;iggrlj. pt, ii, p, 761, 1874. 



