THIBET MUSK. 
characters of the Hog, is like the Musk Ani- 
mal, smaller, and has taller and more nimble 
limbs, resembling those of the Stag, or Roe- 
buck. On the other hand, the American Hog> 
which we have called Peccary, has on his 
back a cavity, or purse, containing an odori- 
ferous humour ; and the Musk Animal has a 
{similar purse, not on his back, but under his 
belly. In general, none of those animals which 
produce odorous fluids — as the Badger, the 
Beaver, the Peccary, the Musk Rats, and the 
Civet, belong to the genus of Deer, or Goats. 
Hence we should be led to think, that the Musk 
Animal makes a nearer approach to the Hog- 
kind, of which he has the tusks; if, at the 
same time, he had cutting teeth in the upper 
jaw. But his want of these teeth connects him 
with the ruminating animals ; and, particularly, ^ 
with the Clievrotain, which chews the cud, 
though it has no horns. All these external 
charadlers, however, furnish us with conjec- 
tures only ; an examinam^n of the internal part6 
can alone decide concerning the nature of this 
animal, wliich is still very little known. I 
have made it follow the Goats and Antelopes ; 
not because it seems to have any conne<Stion 
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