1862.] 



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very similar. The lower jaws are equally similar. Cuvier, in his 

 ' Ossements Fossiles' (vol. iii. Cochon, pi. 1 . f. 1, 2, figure of the skull), 

 well represents the skull of our domestic Pig. Blainville, in his 

 ' Osteographie des Mammiferes' (Genus Sus, pi. 14), figures the 

 skulls of three male Wild Boars, and of a male and female domestic 

 Pig, and on pi. 5. two skulls of Sus indicus, one from Malabar and 

 the other from Siam, and one of the Sus vittatus from Java. These 

 skulls all have very much the same appearance, and bear no relation 

 to the skull of the Japanese Pig under consideration. 



The skull of the Japanese Pig chiefly diifers from the skull of the 

 Wild Pigs of Europe, India, and Java, above referred to, and from 



1. Skull of 5ms scro/a /er-MS. 



2. Palate of Sus scrofafenis. 



3. Lower jaw of Sus scrofaferus. 



Palate of Sus pliciceps. 

 Lower jaw of Sus plicicfips. 



