. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 343 NATUEAL mSTOKY. Th( kno Hog femily is represented ; the Peccaries {Dicotijle><), ' iu the New World by the small thovigli formidable animals v'hich arc not more than about three feet long, and about Hfty or sixty pounds in weight. They live in hei-ds, are omnivorous, and are perhaps the most awkward animals to be dealt with by the hunter in the toiests of Soutli America. They know no fear, uad will attack anything which comes in their w ^y, inflicting frightful wounds with their short, 1 meet shaped tusks, which are entirely conc
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 343 NATUEAL mSTOKY. Th( kno Hog femily is represented ; the Peccaries {Dicotijle><), ' iu the New World by the small thovigli formidable animals v'hich arc not more than about three feet long, and about Hfty or sixty pounds in weight. They live in hei-ds, are omnivorous, and are perhaps the most awkward animals to be dealt with by the hunter in the toiests of Soutli America. They know no fear, uad will attack anything which comes in their w ^y, inflicting frightful wounds with their short, 1 meet shaped tusks, which are entirely concealed w ithm their lips. They live in holes and hollow I gs into which they back, one by one, until their II ode IS full, the standing as sentinel with hi^ head outside. This habit aflbrds the hunter m easy means of killing them, for if the sentinel be killed outright the next takes his jilace, after pushing out the dead body, and this may go on until the last of the herd is killed, dentition of the Peccary differs from that of the True Hogs in the smaller number of teeth, which are thirty-eight, instead of forty-four, in number, the u]iper incisors being reduced to four, and the premolars in the upper and lower jaws being six instead of eight. There are also differences in. LLL 01 THE \\ \! T HOG Th( :.$5^^:^s*^jM. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. London [etc] Cassell & Company, Limited
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