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THE PAPUAN HOG 
Sus Papuensis. — Lesson & Gaknot. 
PLATE XIX. 
Cochon des papous, Sus Papuensis, Lesson and Garnot 
Voyage du Coquile, i. 171. pi. viii. 
The large and rich isles of Papua, or New 
Guinea, afford a shelter and abode for this curious 
animal, feeding on roots and fruits which abound 
there. According to the above quoted naturalists, 
it forms a passage to the South American genus, 
Dicoteles or Peccaries. It wants the tusks, so 
formidable in the Wild Boar, and the tail is 
nearly rudimentary ; but there is no trace of the 
gland upon the rump, or strong smell about 
the Papuan animal. It has, however, only eight 
paps, by which it approaches the Peccaries, the 
common Sow having generally twelve. The 
Papuan Hog usually stands from eighteen to 
twenty inches high, and the form is light and 
slender ; the ears proportionally short ; the body 
round in its form ; the legs short. The hair is 
