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years ; is prolific at the age of one year, and 

 will sometimes live for twenty. Although these 

 animals are very brutal, they are nevertheless 

 social in disposition, can defend themselves 

 against the wolf by forming a circle, and pre- 

 senting their snouts to the enemy in every 

 direction. Voracious and noisy, they do not 

 even spare their own young. It is spread 

 throughout the world, and none but the Jews 

 and Mahometans refuse to eat its flesh. 



The Masked Sanglier (S. Larvatus, F. Cuv.). Sus Africanus, 

 Schreb. cccxxvu. The Sanglier of Madagascar, Daub. 

 mdccclxxxv. S. Daniels, African Scenery, pi. xxi. 



Has the tusks of the Common Hog, but on each 

 side of its muzzle, near the tusks, is a large 

 tubercle, nearly similar to the mammae of a 

 woman, supported by a long prominence, which 

 gives the animal a very singular appearance. 

 It inhabits Madagascar and the South of 

 Africa. 



The Babiroussa, or Stag Hog (S. Babirussa,) Buff. Supp. 



III. XII. 



Higher and lighter on the legs than the others, 

 with the tusks long and thin, inclining vertically, 

 those in the upper jaw bending behind spirally. 

 It inhabits some of the islands of the Indian 

 Archipelago. 



We may separate from the Swine 



