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Show 1868.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SUIDAE. 33 2. PORCULA. Head conical, moderate. Ears small, erect, hairy. Cheeks without any tubercles. Tail very short, rudimentary. Cutting-teeth -|» two upper front largest, the lateral lower small; intermaxillary moderate, not produced; canines small, scarcely elevated above the other teeth, the upper one rather spread out, but not reflexed ; premolars -r-:• Porcula, Hodgson ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 278, 1852; Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 18G4, p. 404. The skull chiefly differs from Sus in being shorter and much smaller. The number and form of the teeth and of the intermaxillaries are the same as iii Sus. * Back and nape maned. 1. P O R C U L A PAPUENSIS. The Bene. B.M. Ears moderate, erect, nakedish; internally white. Fur very bristly above, with scattered bristles beneath ; bristles of nape and back longer, forming a black mane ; brown and reddish above, black and white beneath. Young. Dark brown, with five fulvous streaks. Ben, Forrest, Voy. 97, t. 2, 3. Sus papuensis, Lesson & Garn. Bull. Sci. Nat. vii. 96, 80; Du-perrey, Voy. Coquille, Zool. i. t. 8 ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 185 ; F.Z.S. 1858, p. 107. Porcula papuensis, Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wiss. 1864, p. 23. Papuan Hog, Low, Breeds of Domestic Anim. ii. 1. Sus scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 226. Llab. New Guinea. Called ** Ben ' or ' Bene.' Lesson and Garnot described the skull as having only five grinders on each side of each jaw ; but this animal was probably not full-grown. Canines not longer thaii the other teeth. Tail very short. ** Back and nape without any mane. 2. P O R C U L A SALVIANIA. B.M. Fur very bristly above, nakedish beneath ; black-brown, grey- or yellowish-washed. Ears naked. Back without any crest. Porcula salviania, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. xvi. 423, 593, t. 12, 13, xvii. 480, t. 27; Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 191 ; Fitz. Sitz. Akad. d. Wissen. 1864, p. 25. Porcula salvania, Gerrard, Cat. Bones, 2/8 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 406, Mamm. Pl. XXXVII. Sus scrofa, var., Giebel, Saugeth. 226. Pygmy Hog of the Saul Forests, Hodgson. Hab. Nepal; Sikkim ; Saul Forests in Tarai. Skull from the Saul Forests. Presented to the Museum (1077 a) PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1868, No. III. |