BRAZlLIAiN PORCUPliNE, OR (:,0^^\)00.—Cercdlab(^sprehejmli^. 



Ln' Southern America, the Porcupines find a representative in the Coendoo, an 

 animal which is not only remarkable for its array of quills, but also for the 

 prehensile power of its long tail. 



As might be presumed, from the prehensile tail and the peculiarly armed 

 claws, the Coendoo is of arboreal habits, finding its food among the lofty branches 

 of trees. The food of this animal consists of leaves, flowers, fj-uit, bark, and the 

 soft woody substance of young and tender branches, which it slices easi'y with 

 its chisel-edged incisor teeth. 



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