A Parasite Very Numerous in Hogs
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Wild Hogs
of the country at present (Mayer and Br i sb in 1991). In this chapter, these different types of wild hogs will be treated together unless otherwise noted. coarse bristles. These anim a l s h a v e e l o n g a t e d heads and snouts ending in a disc-like pad through which the external nares open. The only other species in the southern United States that resembles the wild hog is the collared pe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1895
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican03021895-134