3J2 MAMMALIA. BELLILE. Hog. 



Thefe two animals feem only to be varieties of the Common domeftic Hog : The former inhabits 

 Guinea, from whence it has been tranfported to Brafil; the latter is found in the kingdom of Siam. — 

 Both are fmaller than the Common Hog, and the head is lefs in proportion ; the tail is very long and 

 naked; the ears are longifh and much pointed; the body is covered with fhort and fhining red hairs, 

 which are longer on the buttocks and about the head. — Dr Gmelin adds to the character of the for- 

 mer variety that it has a kind of bag on the navel ; but, as that circumftance is not mentioned by the, 

 authors he has quoted, it is here omitted. — T. 



779 3. Pecary.— 3. Sus Tajaju. 3. 



Has no tail : On the hinder part of the back is an open glandular orifice, which dif» 

 charges a fetid unctuous liquid. 



Aper mexicanus. Brill", quad. iii. n. 6. — Tajacu, Sus minor, Cochon noir. Barrere, Fr. eq. 161. — 

 Porcus mexicanus. Charlet. ex. 14. Seb. muf. i. 1. 1 1 1 . f. 4. — Porcus mofchiferus. Klein, quad. 25. — 

 Sus umbilico in dorfo. Aldrov. bif. 939. — Quauhuatl, Quauhioyamatl. Fernand. an. 8. — Quauhtla, 

 Coymatl, Quapizotl, Chuchie, Cofcui. Hernand. mex. 637. — Tajaflbub, Sanglier. Thevet, cofmogr. 

 ii. 936. b. — Zainus, Saino, Zaino. Nieremb. hift. nat. 170. Jonft. quad. 107. t. 46. Muf. worm. 

 340. — Tajacu, Caaigoara. Marcgr. braf. 229. Pifo, ind. 98. Tyfon, phil. tranf. n. 153. p. 359. 

 Raj. quad. 97. — Javari, Paquire, Paquira. Rochefort, ant. 138. Gumill. orin. i. 293. — Pingo. 

 Fermin, furin. ii. 79. — Pecary, Tajacju, or Mexican hog. Sm. Buff. 271. pi. cxxxii. cxxxiii. Wafer, 

 voy. 222. Des Marchais, voy. iii. 296. Bancr. guian. 125. — Mexican hog. Penn. hift. of quad; 

 n. 64... 



Inhabits the warmeft parts of America, and In fome of the Weft India iflands. — It lives in confiderable 

 flocks among the woody hills, and is very fierce, yet eaiily tamed ; it does not wallow in mire like 

 the Common Hog, neither does it become fo fat: It feeds on fruits, roots, ferpents, and reptiles. The 

 flefh is extremely good if the gland on the back be cut out immediately after death, otherwife the 

 fetid ichor foon taints the whole carcafs with an intolerable odour. In general figure this animal refem- 

 bles the Chinefe Hog, already defcribed, and is about three feet long. The ears are fhort, erect, 

 and pointed ; the eyes are rather funk ; the neck is thick and fhort ; the briftfes are almoft as thick 

 as the fpines of a Hedge-hog, of a hoary black colour, and furrounded with feveral whitifh rings ; 

 they are longeft on the back and ridge of the neck, being almoft five inches in length, on the fides 

 they are fhorter, and the belly is almoft naked ; from the fhoulders to the breaft is a band or collar 

 of white, which is interrupted on the back ; the open gland is fituated almoft at the rump, on the 

 top of the back, and continually difcharges a ftinking unctuous ichory fluid, which, when dry, has 

 the flavour of caftor. The voice refembles the grunting of the Common Hog, but is ftronger and 

 harder, efpecially when angry. The tufks of the upper jaw fcarcely project when the mouth is 

 fhut, and thofe of the lower jaw are entirely covered. 



780 /3. LefTer Pecary. — Sus Tajaffu minor. 



Is a good deal fmaller than the former, and of a reddifh colour.. Sm. Buff. v. 277. 



Inhabits Guiana. — The Count de Bufton, on the authority of Mr de la Borde, defcribes two fpe- 

 cies or varieties of the Pecary, as inhabiting Guiana, in South America ; the larger, which is the 

 Pecary already defcribed, is black, with white hair on its chops, and- weighs about a hundred pounds ; 



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