The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects (1854)
Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866, Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI, Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI · Boston : Phillips, Sampson, and Company · leaf 307
emble European wild boars, with this difference, that the body is shorter, the head larger, and the skin thicker; and domestic hogs, in warm climates, are all black like wild boars. The fecundity of the hogis very great; instances are known of individuals producing three hundred and twenty-five… … Aut naturalists have regarded this animal as a kind of hog, though it has neither the head, shape, bristles, nor tail of a hog. Its legs are longer and its muzzle shorter. Itis covered with soft and short hair like wool; and its tail, which tapers to a fine point, is terminated by a tuft of the…
Zoology
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