6. BA.BIKUSSA. 349 



only to be observed in skulls of young animals ; but the spot where 

 it was placed is sometimes indicated by a porous structure in the 

 full-grown skull, as in specimen no 718 1. 



6. BABIEUSSA. 

 Face conical, simple. Ears rounded. Tail and limbs slender. 

 Skull conical ; nose elongate, simple ; the hinder upper part of the 

 intermaxillary bones smooth ; the upper cutting-teeth large, equal, 

 equidistant ; the sheath of the upper canine bent upwards from the 

 base at the side of the jaw ; canines arched backwards, sometimes 

 even spirally recurved ; lower premolar compressed. 



Babirousa, Ora^/, Ann. Phil. 1825. 



Babiroussa, F. Cuv. Bent. Mamm. p. 212, t. 86 *. 



Babirussa, F. Cuv. Dent. Mamm. ; Lesson, Mam. p. 338 ; Cfray, List 



Mamm. B. M. p. 185 ; P. Z. S. 1852, p. 131, 1868, p. 42 ; Gerrard, 



Cat. Bones B. M. p. 278. 

 Porcus, Wagler, Syst. p. 17 ; JFVte. Sitz. Akad. Wissen. 1864, p. 435. 



M. F. Cuvier, when adopting this genus, described and figured 

 the grinders as small and nearly equal-sided (see Dent. Mamm. t.) ; 

 but this is a mistake ; they are as large and elongate as the grinders 

 of the other Pigs, compared with the size of the skull. *This genus 

 was first distinctly characterized in the ' P. Z. S.' 1852, p. 131. 



Babirussa alfurus. B.M. 



" Fur ashy ; dorsal streak yellowish brown ; beneath ferruginous- 

 washed." 



Aper orientalis, Brisson, Begn. Anim. p. 110. 



Su3 babyrussa, Zinn. S. iVi p. 50 ; Quay ^ Oaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. 



i. p. 125, t. 22, 23; Isis, 1836, t. 13; Schinz, Monogr. iv. p. 5,t. 5. 



i. a-d; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 2, t. 5 (skull, (J). 

 Sus babiroussa, Bodd, Elenoh. i. p. 157. 

 Sus babirussa, Schreb. SUugeth. t. 328 ; Blainv. Osteogr. OnguUgr. t. 2 



(skeleton, $), t. 5. f. 7 (skull and teeth). 

 Babirussa alfurus, Lesson, Mamm. p. 338 ; Oray, List Mamm. B. M. 



p. 185 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 42 ; Sdater, P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 443, t. 83 



(from life) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 279. 

 Porcus babyrussa, Wagler, Syst. p. 17 ; Schreb. Sdugeth. Supp. Yt 



p. 509 ; Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 1864, p. 43 ; Giebel, Sdugeth. 



p. 232. 

 Porcus babirussa, Beichb. Nat. Pachyd. p. 57, t. 54. i. 197, 199. 

 Aper in India, Plinii Hist. Nat. vii. p. 52. 

 Horned Hog, Green, Mus. B. S. p. 27, t. 1 (skull). 

 Babyroussa, Bontius, Ind. Orient, t. 1. fig. 

 Babyrussa, Jacob, Mus. 

 Babi roeaa, Seha, Thes. i. t. 50. f. 2. 

 Babiroussa, Bujon, H. N. xii. p. 379, t. 48. 



Rah. Borneo ; Malacca ? ; Celebes ; Ceram ; Timor ; Java ; Su- 

 matra ; New Guinea ; New Ireland {Fitzingei-}. 



