MARA OR PATAGONIAN CAVY. Inhabiting the most unproductive regions of a desolate country, living in holes in the barren earth and fleeing 



at the slightest sound, these animals are seldom seen by investigators. As a usual thing these queer, long-eared, long-legged Rodents are very peaceably 

 disposed and friendly with others of their kind. Occasionally disputes will arise between two in 

 and fight with their fore-paws, as depicted by the artist. (Dolichotis patagoiuca.) 



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as, however, and then they stand on their hind legs 



