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COLLARED PECCARY. 



CHARACTERS. 



Hair, annulated mth black and white ; a light-coloured hand extending 

 from the sides of the neck around the shoulders, and meeting on the hack. 



SYNONTMES. 



Tattetou, D'Azara, Quad, du Paraguay, Tol. i., p. 31. 



Tajacu, Buffon, vol. v., p. 272, pi. 135. 



Sus Tajacu, Linn., 12th ed. vol. i., p. 103. 



Qdathtla Cotmatl, Quaherotl, Hern., Mex., 637. 



Tajacu, Ray, Quad., p. 97. 



Sus Tasassa, Erxleben, Syst., p. 185. 



Sus Tagassa, Schreber, Saugethier, t. 325. 



ApER Americanus, Briss., Regne An., p. 3. 



Tajacu Caaigoana Marcgr, Bras., p. 229. 



Mexican Hog, Pennant, Quadr., p. 147. 



PoRCUs Moschiferus, Klein, Quadr., p, 25. 



Peccari, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. ii., p. 469, 224. 



Dycotylbs Torquatus, F. Cuvier, Diet, des Sciences Naturelles, torn, ix., p. 518. 



" " Desm., Mamm., p. 393. 



« " Cuv., Regne An., vol. i., p. 237. 



" " Pr. Maxim. Beitr., vol. ii., p. 557. 



" " Harlan, Fauna, p. 220. 



" " Griffith's Animal Kingdom, sp. 740. 



DESCRIPTION. 



The form of the Collared Peccary bears a very striking resemblance 

 to that of the common domesticated hog, it is however smaller in size, 

 shorter, and more compact. 



Head, rather large ; snout, long ; ears, upright, and of moderate size ; 

 eyes, rather small. The cartilage on the extremity of the nose is naked, 

 with the exception of a few bristles on the upper lip. On the upper sur- 

 face of the nose, near the cartilage, there is a spot half an inch in length 

 that is naked ; nostrils, large ; the upper tusks, in the living animal, pro- 

 trude downward below the lower lips half an inch ; the ears are on both 

 surfaces thinly clothed with hair that is softer than that on the remainder 

 of the body. The hairs on the head are short. From the hind part of 

 the head along the dorsal line on the back, there are long strong bristles, 

 which are erected when the animal is irritated. Many of these bristles 

 are five inches in length, whilst the hairs on the other parts of the body 

 are generally about three. 



On the lower part of the back, a slight distance from the rump, there 



