pigmy bushbuck

Zol.: Cephalophus pygmœa , the Kleeneboc, or Kleene Blauw-boc, of the Dutch colonists of the Cape of Good Hope, and the Antilope pygmæa, of Desmarest. It is about the size of a rabbit. pigmy-footman, s. Entom.: Lithos i a pygmœola. European. pigmy-hog, s. Entom.: Porcula salvania, a small pig found in the Nepal and Sikim Terai, probably extending into A am and Bhotan. Length, including tail (about an inch long), twenty-seven inches; height, ten inches; weight, from seven to ten pounds. Blackish brown, slightly and irregularly shaded with sordid amber; nude skin, dirty flesh-color; hoofs, glo y brown. There is no mane, and the female has but six mam me. It is rare, and only found in the rece es of forests. The full-grown males live constantly with the herd-from five to twenty individuals and defend the females and young from harm. They eat roots, bulbs, birds' eggs insects, and reptiles. The female produces from three to four at a birth.