334 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



not pass out of the mouth, and they have no ex- 

 ternal toe to the hind-feet. They have no tail, and 

 upon the lumbus is a glandular opening, from which 

 issues a fetid excretion. The metatarsian and me- 

 tacarpian bones of their two great toes are united 

 together, like those of the ruminantia, with which 

 their stomach, divided into many pouches, gives 

 them also a direct relation. One singularity is, 

 that the aorta is often found very enlarged, but 

 without having the enlargement fixed, as if they 

 were subject to a sort of aneurism. 



Only two species are known, both of South 

 America, which have only been distinguished by 

 M. D'Azara. Linnseus confounds them under the 

 name of Sas Tqjassa. 



The Pecary, with collar, or Patira, (Die. torquatus, Cuv.) 



With fur annulated gray and brown, with a 

 whitish collar, passing obliquely from the an- 

 gle of the lower jaw on the shoulder. One 

 half less than our Wild Boar. 



The Tagnicati, Taitetou, Tajassou, &c. {Die. labi- 

 atus, Cuv.) 



Larger ; brown ; with white lips. 



Here may be placed a genus now unknown in 

 living nature, which we have discovered and named. 



Anoplotherium, (Cuv.) 



This exhibits the most singular relationship be- 



