MAMMALIA. BELLUiE.. Hog. 3S3 



the fmaller, which is the one now in queftion, is of a reddifli colour and weighs fixty pounds. Both, 

 it would appear, have the dorfal gland, and agree much in manners, but the fmaller variety is faid 

 to be fiercer than the other. 



y. Patira. — Sus Tajajfu Patira. 



Refembles the former, but has a white line along the fpine. Sm. BufF. v. 278. 



Inhabits Guiana. — This variety is likewife introduced on the authority of M. de la Borde ; it is of 

 the fame fize with the Leffer Pecary, and has a white line along the fpine from the neck to the tail; 

 it lives in the forefts, not in large herds, but in fmgle families ; takes refuge when purfued in hollow 

 trees, and in holes of the earth, and defends itfelf with great courage againft dogs. This animal 

 frequents the marfhes, is eafily tamed when taken young, but always fliews a great antipathy to 

 dogs ; the female brings only two young ones at a birth ; the flefh is reckoned excellent ; and the 

 hair is fofter than that of a Common Hog. The proper marks of diftin&ion between thefe three va-° 

 rieties are not afcertained. 



4. African Hog. — 4. Sus africanus. f5» 



Has only two fore-teeth in the upper jaw. 



Cape-verd hog. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 63. Sm. Buff. viii. 241. Lev. muf. 



Inhabits Africa, from Cape Verd to the Cape of Good Hope. — The body of this animal is covered 

 with very long and fine bridles, efpecially about the fhoulders, belly, and thighs, where they are of 

 great length ; the tail reaches to the firft joint of the hind leg, is very flender, and terminates in a 

 large tuft ; the head is long fliaped, with a flender nofe, the upper jaw extending far beyond the 

 lower ; the ears are narrow, ereft, pointed, and tufted with very long briftles at the end : There 

 are only two fore-teeth in the upper, and fix in the lower jaw ; the tufks are large and very hard, 

 like ivory, thofe of the upper jaw being very thick, and having the appearance of being cut off 

 obliquely; on each fide of each jaw there are fix grinders, the moft advanced being very large. Mr 

 Pennant fuppofes this fgecies to be the animal mentioned by Adanfon as a Boar of enormous fize,, 

 peculiar to Africa,. 



5. Engallo. — 5. Sus aethiopicus. 4. 



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Has no fore-teeth : On each cheek, below the eyes, there is a foft wrinkled hollow,, 

 from the under edge of which hangs a large pendent wattle. 



Aper aethiopicus, Hartlooper. Pall. mifc. zool. 16. t. 2. Spic. zool. ii. 3. t. 1. xi. 84. t. 5. f. 7. — 

 Engalla. Meroll. cong. 667. Sorrento, voy. in Church, col. i. 667. — Emgalo, Engulo. Barbot, 

 guin. 487. — Pore fanglier. Flacourt, madagafc. 151. — Sanglier hideux. Damp. voy. i. 405. — Ethio- 

 pian hog. Sm. Buff. viii. 241. pi. cexci. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 62. — African wild boar. Deflandes,, 

 in Mart. mem. ac. v. 386. Lev. muf. 



Inhabits Madagafcar and the hotter parts of interior Africa. — This' animal is very fierce, exceed- 

 ingly fwift, and more aftive, livelier, and more fagacious, than the Common Hog, with which it. 

 will not procreate ; it is of confiderable fize, one, which was hardly full grown, meafuring four feet 

 nine inches in length ; it has a ftrong, yet not difagreeable odour, refembling the Lamium purpure- 

 um, and compared by Vofmaer to new cheefe. The body is thick, broad, and almoft naked, having 



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