'35° MAMMALIA. BELLILE. Hog-.. 



I. Common Hog. — i. Sus Scrofa. i. 



The fore part of the back is befet with hard bridles, and the tail is hairy. Faun. fuec. 21- 

 /imoen. ac. v. 461. 



The Hog is domefticated almoft every where over the earth, except in the Frigid Zone, in Kamt— 

 fchatka, and other places where the cold is very great. — It has a rank fmell, efpecially the male ; 

 digs the earth with its nofe, and lives almoft upon any thkig that comes in its way, fucculent vege- 

 tables, grafs, roots, grain, animal food, carcafTes, excrement, and even its own offspring;, yet, when 

 food is plentiful, it lhews coniiderable choice. It is a lazy, indolent, and ftupid animal, yet can run 

 fwiftly when urged, and fhews great figns of uneafinefs and reftlefTnefs before high winds. When 

 it is plentifully fed it becomes exceedingly fat, efpecially on the furface of the body, between the 

 fkin and the pannieulus carnofus, or cutaneous mufcle ; it is fond of bafking in the fun and of wal- 

 lowing in the mire ;. when irritated it runs furioufly againft an enemy, making a loud grunting noife, 

 and foaming at the mouth. Though originally unknown in America, it has now become very com- 

 mon, and is extremely ufeful by deftroying Rattle-fnakes and other ferpents, which it devours with 

 fafety. It is exceedingly lafcivious, yet very tardy, owing to the length and laxity of the penis ; the 

 female has a vaft- number of teats, goes four months with young, and has very numerous litters, 

 fometimes as far as twenty at a time; it lives to a confiderable age, even to twenty-five or thirty 

 years, without lofing its teeth; is much infefted with lice, and is fubjecl: to hydatyds, fcrofula, mealies,, 

 and cutaneous eruptions, and is poifoned by eating pepper. The fpecies is fubdivided into the fol- 

 lowing varieties. 



7-73. a. Wild Hog. — 1. a. &. Scrofa ferus. 



The ears are fttort, and fo mew hat rounded. BrifT.regn. an. 75.. 



'r? iiy^tos. Arift.hift. an. i. c. 2. — Ka^os- D°. ii. c. 9. 11. v. c. 13. Oppian. cyneg. iii. 364. — 



2as «y§«s. Aelian. an. v. 0.45. — Sus ferus. Plin. hift. nat.viii. c. 51 Sus. Charlet. exerc. 13. — 



Sus agreftus, Aper, Wild-boar. Raj. quad. 96, — Porcus. Plin. hift. nat. xviii. c. 35. Jonft. quad, 

 t. 48. Klein, quad.. 25. — Aper. Gefn. quad. 1039. ^- P- 1040.. Schwenkf. ther. 54. Aldrov. bif. 

 1013. f. p. 1.025. J 011 "- quad. 105. t. 47. 48. — Wieprz-lefny, Dzik. Rzacz. pol. 213. — Cochon. 

 fauvage, Maron, Sanglier. Des Marchais, voy. iii. 296. — Sanglier, Marcaffin, Wild Boar. Sm. Buff, 

 iii. 500. pi. xx. xxiii. f. 1. — Wild Hog. Brown, jamaic. 487. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 61. A. — 

 Wild Schwein. Gefn. thierb. 336. Ridinger,.jagd. th. t. 6. 



The Wild Hog, or, as it is ufually called, Wild Boar, inhabits the South of Europe, the north of 

 Perfia, Japan, A£a from Syria as far as lake Baikal, the coaft of Barbary, India, Ceylon, Java, and; 

 the other Indian iflands, — It is generally of a dark brindled colour, and fomewhat hoary, having foft, 

 fhort, curled hair beneath or between the briftles ; the young ones have feveral longitudinal ftreaks, 

 of yellowifh and dark brown alternately, from the rump to the back of the head along the back and 

 fides. This animal, though very flothful, drowfy, and ftupid, is very fwift, and. extremely fierce \, 

 the females, ufually litter in May or June. In the Wild Hog, the fnout and tulles are confiderably 

 •longer than in the domeftic varieties; and it. is not fo apt to become fat, efpecially on the bowels, where 

 the fat is called lard.. 



774 /3. Domeftic Hog. — 1. /3. a. S. Scrofa domejlieus,. 



Has long, pointed, flouching ears. BrifT. quad. 74.. 



