. The animals and man; an elementary textbook of zoology and human physiology. Zoology; Physiology. 266 THE ANIMALS AND MAN The races of domesticated hogs are also descended from two wild races, the European wild boar, Sus scrofa, and another species, Sus vittatus, from eastern Asia. From this latter the swine of China and those of the Romans and indeed most of the European races ha\'e descended. The lake dwellers of Switzerland had domesticated hogs, and pig. »-<i*«^. Fig. 140. Wild boar contrasted with the modem domestic pig. (After Romanes.) remains have been found with prehistoric relic
. The animals and man; an elementary textbook of zoology and human physiology. Zoology; Physiology. 266 THE ANIMALS AND MAN The races of domesticated hogs are also descended from two wild races, the European wild boar, Sus scrofa, and another species, Sus vittatus, from eastern Asia. From this latter the swine of China and those of the Romans and indeed most of the European races ha\'e descended. The lake dwellers of Switzerland had domesticated hogs, and pig. »-<i*«^. Fig. 140. Wild boar contrasted with the modem domestic pig. (After Romanes.) remains have been found with prehistoric relics in Denmark. China has had domesticated swine for thousands of years. The many races of cattle all trace back to two sources, the wild Banteng, Bos sondaicus, of Java and South Asia, from which are derived the zebus, the old Egyptian long- horns, and many of the races of Europe, such as the Span- ish, Albanian, Sardinian, Polish and brown Alpine cattle; and the primitive wild ox of Europe, Bos primigenius, from which have descended most of the English, North German,. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937; McCracken, Mary Isabel. New York, H. Holt and Company
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