THE COYPU. 



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substance they are holding is small enough to be held 

 between the fingers and the tubercle at the base of the 

 thumb." 



The Coypu 



{Myopotamus Coypiis ; Quoiya, D'Azara ; Coui, Molina ; 

 Hydromys Coypns, Geoff. ; Miis Castorides, Burrow). 



The coypu is common in certain districts of South 

 America, as Chile, Buenos Ayres, and Tucuman. The 

 head is large ; the muzzle obtuse ; the ears small and 



round; fore-feet with a rudimentary thumb and four 

 toes, all free : hind-feet plantigrade, with five toes, of 

 which the outermost only is free, the rest pal mated. 

 Tail strong and scaly, and sprinkled with scattered hairs. 



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