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INDIAN WALRUS. 
Trichechus Dugong. T. detitibus laniariis superlonhus exsertis 
approximatis, Lin, Syst, Nat. Gml. /. 60. 
Dugon. Buf, 13./. 374.//. 56. 
Indian Walrus. Pennant ^adr, z. p. 369. 
This species is a native of the seas about the 
Cape of Good Hope and the Phihppine islands. 
It does not, however, seem to be very clearly 
known to naturalists. The count de Buffon in- 
forms us, that he had seen the two heads of this 
species, which had in the upper jaw two tusks, not 
extending directly out of the mouth, as in the 
common Walrus, but much shorter, being not 
above half a foot long; more slender, and rather 
resembling large cutting-teeth than tusks; being- 
situated very near each other in the fore part of 
the jaw. The grinders also differ from those of 
the Wakus, being broader in proportion ; of these 
there are four on each side in the upper jaw, and 
three in the lower. The head is also said to be 
of a sharper or narrower form. This species, in 
the Philippine islands, is said to be called by the 
name of Dugiing. 
