MAMMALIA. BELLUiE. Hog. 351 



*Y«. Arift. hift. an. ii. c. J. 7. v. c. 13. vi. c. 8. 28. viii. c. 9. Ael. an. iii. c. 3. x. c. 16.— Sus, 

 Verres, Scrofa. Plin. hift. nat. viii. c. 51. x. c. 63. 73. xi. c. 37. 39. Gefn. quad. 982. f. p. 983. 

 Schwenkf. then 123. Aldrov. hif, 937. £ p. 1006. Jonft. quad. 99. t. 47. Sibb. Scot. an. 9.— 

 Sus, Porcus domefticus. Raj. quad. 92. Sloan, jam. ii. 328. — Cochon, Verrat, Cochon de lait, or 

 -Hog, Boar, Sow, and Pig. Sm. Buff. iii. 500. pi. xxii. xxiii. f. 2. — Schwein. Gefn. thierb. 33 r. — 

 Common domeftic Hog. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 61. B. Brit. zool. i. 41. 



The Common domeftic Hog is cultivated almoft all over the world, and varies exceedingly in ftze 

 and colour ; there are now vaft droves of them, which have become wild, in the forcfts of South 

 America, derived from the European breeds which have been tranfported to that country. The do- 

 meftic Hon is ufually of a whitifh colour, frequently fpotted with black or brown, and often entirely 

 •yellowifh, brown, reddifh, afh coloured, or black. It is larger in the temperate regions, and fmaller 

 in the hotter parts of the earth, and in thole which are very cold ; in Tartary it is very large, and 

 of a filvery colour. The ears are longer than in the Wild Hog, fharp pointed, and flouch much 

 forwards. 



775 y. Single-hoofed Hog.— i. jS. b. S. Scrofa dom. monungulus. 



Has undivided hoofs on all the feet. 



Arift. hift. an. ii. c. 7. Plin. hift. nat. xi. c. 43. Perin. hift. of quad. n. 61. £. 



This variety refembles the common domeftic kind in every thing except the folid hoofs; it is found 

 about Upfal in Sweden, and in other parts of the world, and is even mentioned by the ancients. 



776 jJ\ Chinefe Hog. — I. /3. c. S. Scrofa dom. fmenfis. 

 The back is almoft naked, and the belly hangs down almoft to the ground. 



Sus chinenfts. It. Wyoth. 62. It. fcan. 72. Briff. quad. 75. — Chinefe hog. Penn. hift. of quad. 

 n. 61. y. Forreft, voy. 39.— Javan hog. Kolben, cape. i. 117. 



This variety is common in China, in the iflands of the Indian Ocean and South Seas, and is found 

 wild in great numbers in New Guinea; it is alfo now frequently cultivated in feveral parts of Eu- 

 rope. — It is confiderably fmaller than the common kind, and is ufually of a mixed black and white 

 colour, or black with a flight hoarinefs ; the legs are fhort, the tail is very fliort and pendulous, 

 the belly hangs down fo much as almoft to touch the ground: The animal is confiderably more clean- 

 ly than the ordinary Hog.; its flefh likewife is reckoned whiter and more favory. 



777 2. Guinea Hog. — 2. Sus Porcus. 2. 



Has no bridles ; the hinder part of the back is covered with long hairs ; the tail hangs 

 down to the ground. Briff. regn. an. 109. n. 4. • m 



Porcus guineenfis. Marcgr. braf. 230. Jonft. quad. t. 46. Raj. quad. 96. Klein, quad. 26.— 

 Guinea hog. Sm. Buff. viii. 239. Brown, jam. 487. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 61. «. 



778 j3. Siam Hog. — 2. /3. S. Porcus fiamenfis. 



The ears are erect and fomewhat pointed, and the tail almoft reaches the ground. 

 Sm. Buff. iii. 500. pi. xxi. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 61. fi. 



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