NO. 124(5. MAMMALS OF VEXEZUELA— ROBINSON AND LYON. 161 
audital bulla?, narrower palate, smaller teeth, and much narrower 
intermaxillary notch. 
Its dimensions are: Length, iS2; tail, 44; forearm, 38; longest finger, 
75; tibia, 18; and foot, 7. 
NOTE. 
In addition to the foregoing. Captain Robinson saw evidences or 
gathered information at 8aii flulian of the occurrence of some twenty- 
odd other mammals, among them: 
1. Chironevtes sp. (local name ""perro de agua," i. e. , water dog). 
The natives described a spotted, or striped, web-footed opossum which 
they had killed in the stream at San Julian. It was said to be scarce. 
2. SlotJi sp. (local name ''pereza"). Described as being tolerably 
couunon in the forests and feeding on the leaves of the aruma. In the 
market at Caracas the hides of two species were seen; one with coarse 
grayish hair, the other with a peculiar mark in the back consisting of 
a j'ound spot of orange, rimmed with ])lack and divided longitudinally 
by a black line. 
?>. " Oso Jionniguero^''- !. c. ant hear. Occasionally met with at 
San fluliiin. There was seen in the market at Caracas a small fiaxen- 
haired hide, said to be the skin of this animal. 
4. Tatua noveniciricta (local names ""cupa" and ''cachicamo"). 
Described as being more connnon than the Caha)<son>t. There was 
seen in a hut at San Julian the dried carapace of one of these animals, 
which was used as a tobacco box. 
5. Odocoileus sp. (local name ''venado"). Several sets of ))ranch- 
ing antlers were seen at San Julian. They were said to c(Miie from a 
deer considerably larger than the following. 
6. Mazaina sp. Two were killed at San Julian in July, l)ut both 
were cut up before they could be secured as specimens. They were 
quite small, about the size of a goat, but with longer and slenderer 
legs. Their horns, or ""cachos" are mere spikes a couple of inches in 
length. 
7. Tapirs (local name "danta") arc occasionally killed at »San Julian. 
A native at that place had a couple of hoofs or nails of a tapir which 
had been killed near by. The scrapings of these mixed with wine made 
what he declared to be an infallible remedy against weak heart. 
8. Coe^idou 2)Tehen.nh\ Porciqmw. One of these was offered for sale 
at La Guaira, and the intention was to purchase it for the National 
Zoological Park, but before the sale was effected it gnawed out of its 
cage and made good its escape. 
9. Dasyprocta sp. (local name "acurri"). Described as a yellowish 
brown guinea pig, considerably larger than the domesticated species, 
but smaller than the lapa, and found in the woods back of San Julian. 
10. Lepus sp. (local name "conejo"). The natives sa}' that rabbits 
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