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Y EliTEDI! ATE ANIMALS. 



sliajied eih^v. (tig. 2.39), and these are the principal weapon.s by which 

 tlie animal defends itself. 



The Pigs, Peccaries, and Wait-lu.gs constitute the fanuly Suidri, 

 and h.-vve nsu.'dly four toes to each foot, though sometimes the hind- 

 feet have only tln-ee toes. All the toes are hoofed, but it is only 

 two which su]iiir>rt the weight of the body, the remaining toe or 

 toes being placed at sonae elevation on the back of the foot (fig. 237, 



iili'.'.— 8kul] (if JUfqiopitaiinis amphihlus, side-viCAV. 



V). The snout is truncated and cylindrical, and is capable of ex- 

 tensive movement. The tail is very short, or is represented only by 

 a tubercle. The molar and [ira'molar teeth have tuberculated 

 crowns (tig. 240), and the Pigs are very miscellaneous feeders. 



( )f the Swine the most important and best known is the Wild 

 lio.'ir {Sii.t sfriifii), from which most of our domestic varieties of 

 Swine have sprung. Ancjtlier form is the Babyroussa (Sits hah)j- 



Fiy. 240. — Giiiiiling surfone of the molar nnd privmolTv teeth of a Peccary 

 \lr,v„l,j1es lahiatvs). (After Giobel.) 



riisii), whirli inhabits the Imlian Archipelago, and is remarkable 

 for till- grc;i.t size and bai-kward curv.-diuc of the upper canine teeth. 

 Tlie W'art-hogs (/'/i,ir<ir/iii'nix) are African, and derive their name 

 from the possession of a He.shy wart under each eye. Tlie Peccaries 

 .•ire c.xi'hisivi-lv American, the best-known .species being the Collared 

 ri'(c;i,i\- (/li,-<i/i//i'x f:i/;/ini/iix). They are not at all unlike .small ]iigs 

 both ill .iiipiMranrc and habits, but they present various striking 



