SYNOPSIS OF THE 



of the fur annulated black and white ; a large blackish 

 oblique band descending from the shoulders to the ribs. 



Sus Tajassu, Lin. Dicotyles Torquatus, F. Cuv. Diet, 

 de Sciences Naturelles, ix. 568. 



Pecari, Buff. x. Pecari or Tajassou, Daubenton Descrip. 

 Anatom. Taytetou, D^Azara, Quad, du Paraguay, i. 31. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 3. F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. 



Inhabits eastern side of South America. 



741. 2. D. Labiatus (White-lipped Pecary.) Fur uni- 

 formly blackish-brown, with white round the mouth. 



Sus Tajassu, Lin. Dicotyles Labiatus, F.Cuv. Diet, des 

 Sci. Nat. IX, 519. Taguicati, D'Azara, Quad, of Paraguay, 

 1.25. 



Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. 



Inhabits Paraguay, and probably other parts of South 

 America. 



Genus. VI. — Rhinoceros 

 Incisors 4> or |, or f ; canines ^:f ; cheek-teeth, ^:^ or f :f . 

 The incisors unequal among themselves when they exist ; 

 the anterior cheek-teeth small ; the posterior increasing 

 progressively ; the eyes small, lateral, and placed far back, 

 like the ears ; one or two horns placed on the nose ; three 

 toes on all the feet ; tail short, laterally cotnpressed near 

 the end ; mammae two ; inguinal skin very thick, nearly 

 without hair, and forming, in some species, thick and heavy 

 folds. 



742. 1. R. Indicus (Indian Rhinoceros.) Two inci- 

 sors in each jaw, with a small tooth on each side of them 

 in the upper jaw ; one horn on the nose ; skin forming 

 several deep folds or plaits; length upwards of ten feet; 

 height about five feet. 



Rhinoceros, P/my, #. III. ch. 20, andxviii. ch. I. R. 

 Unicornis, Lin. R. Indicus, Cuv. Menag. 



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