PECARY. 
J-T has been remarked, that few animals have 
J'^ceived such a variety of names as the Pe- \ 
cary : which is the Sus Tajassu, of Linnasus ; 
the Aper Mexicanus, of Faber, and of Bris- 
son; the Taja^u, Sus Minor, or Cochon Ncir, 
of Barrere ; the Porcus Moschiferus, of Klein ; 
the Sus UmbiHco in Dorso, or Hog with the 
Navel on it's Back, of Aldrovandus; the 
Quakuatl, or Quauhioyamatl, of Fernandez ; 
the Quahtla, Coymatl, or Quapizotl, of Her- 
nandez ; the Tajassoub Sanglier, of Thevet ; 
the Zainus, Saino, or Zaino, of Nieremberg, 
and of Johnston ; the Taja9u, or Caaigora, of 
Marcgiave, and of Piso; the Tja^u, or Aper 
Mexicanus Moschiferus, of Ray ; the Javari, 
Paquire, or Paquiras, of Rochefort, and of 
Gumiella; the Pingo, of Firmin; the Pecary, 
Taja9u, or Mexican Hog, of BufFon, of 
Wafer, of Des Marchais, and of Bancroft ; 
and the Mexican Hog, of Pennant. It is to , 
be remarked, that the travellers, in general, 
have called this animal, as is usual with them, 
by the native names, in the respective places 
where they have met with it ; and, that the natu- 
ralists have, in consequence of such information, 
adopted 
