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COMMON HOG. 



Sus Scrofa. S. dorso antice setoso, cauda pHosa, Lin. Si/st4 

 Nat. p» 102. 



Hog with the body bristled in front, and with hairy tail. 



Aper. Ges?i. Quadr. 146. Aldr. bisulc. 10 13. 



Sus. Gesn. Quadr. 872. Aldr. h'lsidc. 937. 



Sanglier, Verrat^ Cochon, &:c. Buff. 5. j>. gg. pl^ 14. 16. 17. 



Common Hog. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 1^0. 



The Wild Boar, the stock or original of the com- 

 mon domestic Hog, is a native of almost all the 

 temperate parts both of Europe and Asia, and 

 is also found in the upper parts of Africa. It is a 

 stranger to the Arctic regions, and is not indi- 

 genous to the British isles. 



The Wild Boar inhabits woods, living on vari- 

 ous kinds of vegetables, viz. roots, mast, acorns, 

 &c. &c. It also occasionally devours animal 

 food It is, in general, considerably smaller than 

 the domestic Hog, and is of a dark brinded grey 

 colour, sometimes blackish; but when only a year 

 or two old, is of a pale rufous or dull yellowish 

 brown cast ; and when quite young, is marked by 

 alternate dusky and pale stripes disposed longitu- 

 dinally on each side the body. Between the bristles, 

 next the skin, is a finer or softer hair, of a kind 

 of woolly or curling nature. The snout is some- 

 what longer in proportion than that of the domestic 



* Wild Boars have often been observed devouring horse-flesh left 

 in the woods, and the skin of the Roebuck : the claws of birds have 

 also been found in their stomachs. — Buffon. 



