136 MAMMALIA. BELLU^E. Sus: 
hog : feeds on fruit, roots and reptiles : flelh good, if the fetiil 
gland on the back be cut out inimediately after death : 3 feet 
long. 
Tvfis hardly confpicuous when the mouth is fliut ; ears fhort, 
ereft, pointed; ejejfunk; mccA fliort, thick; bri files nearly 
large- as thofe of the hedge-hog, longeft on the neck and back, 
hoary-black annulate with white ; from the fhoulders to the 
bread a collar of white. 
Africanus I^ore-teeth 2 in the upper jaw. Cape Hog- 
Inhabits from Cape. Verd to the Cape of Good Hope. 
Body covered with long fine bridles; tujks broad^ hard as ivoiY, 
upper thick, obliquely truncate; grinders 6 ezch \i.vr, each 
fide, the anterior larged ; ears narrow, ereft, pointed, bearded 
at the tip with long bridles ; tail ilender, tufted, reaching to 
the fil'd joint of tlie hind-leg. 
Ethiopicus Fore-teeth o; under the eyes a foft wrinkled pouch. 
Ethiopian Hog- 
Inhabits Madagafc.ar, and hot parts of Africa j hideous in ap' 
pearance ; fierce, fwift, and more cunning than the commoo 
hog ; burrows under ground with expedition ; 4 ^ feet long. 
Body^ thick, broad, nakedifh, with bunches of blackifh-brown 
bridles, longer on the back, longed on the nape ; head large ! 
fnoui truncate, almod horny', bent downwards ; indead 
fore-teeth, convex, finooth, hard gums; iufks beneath fmalh 
above larger, bent upwards ; grinders 6 each jaw; ears a iit- 
I tie pointed; eyes fmall, approxijnate, near the the top of the 
head ; Jhin lax, black under the eyes, from which hangs down 
a large, broad, flat lobe ; tail naked, 
Bahyrnjfa, Two crooked tulks piercing through the upper part of the 
face. 
Inliabits iflands of the Indian Ocean ; gregarious, feeds on herbs 
and leaves, of quick feent; fwims and dives well, grunts: 
fir.e of a Hag : flcflr good. 
Body flender, grey -brown : hair nearly woolly : head oblongi 
narrow; fyw minute : eara fmall, ereft. acute: grinders 5 
each jaw': tvjks perforating the upper jaw, recurvate like 
horns ; kgs long, Ilender : tail Itmg, twided, tufted at the tip* 
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