SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Genus IV. — PnASCOCHiERus. 



Incisors f ; canines \;\ ; cheek-teeth f.4 ' the two inter- 

 mediate lower incisors smaller than the rest, and apart 

 from each other ; canines or tusks of enormous size, like 

 horns, those in the upper jaw the longest ; cheek-teeth 

 formed of clustered cylinders, first small, the rest very large 

 in the upper jaw ; the three first in the lower jaw small and 

 apart, the rest very large ; toes like Sus, large fleshy 

 excrescencies on the cheeks. 



739. 1. P. Africanus (the iEthopian Boar.) Tusks round, 

 thick, directed sideways and upwards ; a large fleshy lobe 

 on each cheek. 



Aper ^thiopicus, Pall. Misc. and Spic. Zool. ii. Sus 

 iEthiopicus, Gm. Sus Angalla, Bodd. 



Emgalo or Engalo, Barbot, Guin. 487. Sauglier du Cap, 

 Vert or Sanglier d'Afrique, Buff. Hist. Nat. xv. 148, and 

 XIV. 409, and Supp. in. 



Icon. Pallas, Misc. tab. 2, and Spic. Zool. 11 — 1. Buff. 

 Sup. III. pi. 11. 



Inhabits Africa. 



Obs. The French Zoologists make but one species of the 

 African Boar ; but see our observation at page 409, and the 

 figure. 



Genus V. — Dicotyles. 



Incisors J ; canines i;| ; cheek-teeth gj. Canines or tusks 

 not projecting out of the mouth ; other teeth like those 

 of Sus; four toes before, three behind; the external little 

 toe of the hind feet of the swine wanting in this species ; 

 an opening on the back, from which is extracted a fetid 

 humour, secreted within; tail a mere tubercle. 



740. 1. Dicotyles Torquatus (Collared Peccary.) Hair 



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