. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. JAVAN WILD PIG One of several nearly allied species inhabiting the Malay Islands Wild swine are nocturnal in their habits, frequenting moist and marshy country, loving the shade of forests, and making their lairs in tall grass, reed-beds, and similar covert. They go far afield for their food-supplies, and do a great deal of damage to crops in cultivated districts. The European wild sow produces from six to ten young, and at least two htters are usually brought forth in the year. It is remarkable how quickly pigs, as well as other domesticated animals, revert
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. JAVAN WILD PIG One of several nearly allied species inhabiting the Malay Islands Wild swine are nocturnal in their habits, frequenting moist and marshy country, loving the shade of forests, and making their lairs in tall grass, reed-beds, and similar covert. They go far afield for their food-supplies, and do a great deal of damage to crops in cultivated districts. The European wild sow produces from six to ten young, and at least two htters are usually brought forth in the year. It is remarkable how quickly pigs, as well as other domesticated animals, revert to a semi-feral state of existence, and develop habits suited to a fresh environ- ment. Mr. J. Turner-Turner sends us the following interesting note in connection with this trait: " DlVlNG- PIGS.—These pigs live in an almost wild condition on certain of the islands off Florida, and subsist chiefly upon the refuse fish cast away by the netsmen. To obtain this, the pigs dive under water, walking on the land at a depth of 5 feet below the ; Among other Asiatic wild swine are to be mentioned the Collared Pig, found in Java, Sumatra, and Borneo; the White-whiskered Japanese Pig ; the Papuan and FORMOSAN Pigs; the Warty Pig of Java and Borneo; the Ceram PiG; the Celebes Pig; and the BEARDED PiG of Borneo, a species distinguished by a quantity of long hair carried upon the cheeks. In the Andaman Islands a small, shaggy wild pig, standing about 20 inches at the shoulder, is found in the forests. Although distinguished from the well-known wild boar of India by certain peculiarities, there is a strong family resemblance to that well-known species in most of these various Asiatic species and races. Among the many kinds of domesticated swine found in Asia, perhaps the strangest and most curious is the JAPANESE MASKED PiG. This animal is described by Darwin as having^ " an extraordinary appearance, from its short head, broad forehead and nose, great fleshy ears, an
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