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SUBKINGDOM VEETEBfiATA. 



tally, and by friction upon the upper being sharpened so as 



to constitute formidable 

 weapons. 



The Wild Boar of the 

 Old World is the parent 

 of the domestic yarieties 

 and of the wild hogs of 

 the New. The Babi- 

 roussa, found in Borneo, 

 has its long upper canines 

 recurved in a semicircle, 

 thus serving to protect 



the eyes in rushing through the bushes. 

 The Peccary of the New World represents the Wild Boar 



of the Old. There are but two species, the collared and the 



white-lipped — the former living in families,* and the latter in 



SkvU of Hog. 



Sus savfa. Wild Boar. j^,. 



* The whole company of twenty or more are accustomed to hack singly into a 

 hollow log to sleep, the last one acting as a sentinel. This one being shot, the 



