Hog

The common name of the animal also called of pork, bacon, ham, sausage, etc. Its fat is made into lard, its skin into leather for the saddler and trunk-maker, and its bristles are largely used in teeth. Wart-hogs have large lobes on each side of the face, and remarkably modified teeth. The African river-hog is of a gray color, and the West African red river-hog is remarkable for vivid coloring and long pencilled ears.