SYNOPSIS OF THE 



tusks strong, triangular, and directed almost laterally. 

 Varying infinitely in a domestic state. 



KaTT^or, Aristot. Anim. ii. Sus Ferus, and Porcus, Plih. 

 Hist. Nat. VIII. ch. 51. Sus Aper, Briss. Sus Scropha, Lin. 



Le Sauglier and Morcassin, Buff. v. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 14 and 17. 



Inhabits almost all the habitable world. 



Obs. The principal of the many varieties of this species 

 are noticed in our supplementary observations upon it. One 

 is peculiar for being solidungulous. 



737. 2. S. Bahyrussa (the Babyroussa.) Tusks not so 

 thick as in the other species, but more elongated and curled, 

 particularly those of the upper jaw ; legs long. 



Tf TeTgax,s§a)5r, Milan, Ani. Babyroussa, Bontius, Ind. 

 Orient. Sus Babyrussa, Lin. Hog-deer of Travellers. 

 Icon. Bontitis, I. c. Buff. xii. 48, and Sup. in. 12. 

 Inhabits the Indian Islands. 



738. 3. S. Larvatus (Masked Boar.) Tusks moderate, j 

 angular, and directed laterally ; a fleshy tubercle on each 

 cheek. 



Sus Larvatus, F. Cuvier. Sus Africanus, Schreb. 



Sanglier de Madagascar, Daubenton, Description du Ca- 

 binet du Roi. No. 1885. Sanglier a Masque, Cuvier, Regn. 

 Anim. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 327. Daniel's African Scenery, f. 22. 



Inhabits Madagascar and the neighbouring parts of 

 Africa. 



Obs. The S. Koiropotamus and the S. Papuensis, or Pig 

 of New Guinea, have very lately been noticed. The former 

 by a figure inserted by M. Desmoulin in the Classical Dic- 

 tionary of Natural History, and the latter by Lesson and 

 Garnot in Captain Trecinet's Voyage. 



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