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Phaco-Chceres, (F.Cuv*.) 



Which have the cheek-teeth composed of cylinders 

 joined together by a cuticle nearly similar to the 

 transverse laminse of the teeth of the Elephant, and 

 succeeding each other from rear to front. The cra- 

 nium is remarkably large ; the tusks rounded, di- 

 rected laterally and upwards, of a frightful magni- 

 tude, and on each of the cheeks hangs a thick 

 fleshy lobe, which assists in deforming their figure : 

 they have only two incisors above, and six below. 



The specimens brought from Cape Verd (S. Afri- 

 canus, Gm.) have the incisors in general very com- 

 plete ; those which come from the Cape of Good 

 Hope (S. Mthiopicus, Gm.) scarcely ever show 

 them, only there are sometimes found vestiges of 

 them under the gum ; this difference may result 

 from age, these teeth being used in the latter spe- 

 cies ; probably also they indicate diversity of spe- 

 cies, more especially as the head of that from the 

 Cape is rather larger and shorter than in the other. 



We should still less leave in the genus of the 

 Swine, 



The Pecary, (Dicotyles, Cuv. f) 



Which have very nearly the same cheek-teeth and 

 incisors as the Swine properly speaking, but their 

 canines directed like those of ordinary animals, do 



* Phaco chcerus, swine with warts. 



t Dicotyle, Double Naval, on account of the opening of its back. 

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