'22 THE MANFI) Wni.Y. 



Iiowevt-r, nppcnr •oiiirlime« to |Hintuc (.hn-p*. An individual kept by 

 Azarn won vi-rv fund of rnt*, •innll liirtl*. »ugar-canc, and orangrt.yrt it 

 never attempted to «eite the donmtic fowU. whirli from time to tiitir 

 rnme williin iln reach, and it ngrerd well with other dume»tic aniuinU. 

 Ill n wild i»lntc thi* \V«ilf devour* ftaraa, agoutu. bird*, reptile*, aiidetcu 

 Mtme in»cet«. it will aim eat plant*, and i» i- ' fontl of the fruit 



of > ' 7»if«». It l» Mid by Krnjjger i • . • ' *' '^kirt* 



oft... ... I'uraguay, nmr water ''ut ii li n. • -t the 



high gra»f> of the plain*, but being an • ^ly timid animal — afraid 



even of >mall dog«— there i* little op|M>rlunily uf uUacrving it aavc in 

 confinemenL K\crpt in iininliabited rrgiott*. it pOMc* the day in cover, 

 ftallying forth at night. The »r\c* appmarh rarh other in the autumn, 

 at which »e«*4»n their loud cry i •■1. It* UmmI 



name " A-gna-a ' i» doulith-a* deru-u ion. im ••■uuu i titi* rry. 



One reand in capti\ily rame t" rn,. •m*. iii name, «vrn when pio* 

 liouni-eti by olnuiger*, a* al*o it* ■ >*X. It avoided the light 



uf midday, and generally wlept from ten in the morning till five in tlio 

 aftcnHMiii, and al*o fur a time afier midnight. 



It will brecti with the domestic d«>g, and the mongrel m produced t* 

 Mid by Dr. Lund to be an e\crllrnt aniiiuil f<>r the rha*r. The female 

 brinj:* forth thnv or four } " " "' of \ugii*t. 



The i«|MTie» i»eem* t" 1"* •..«!. ..ml. r tlic name of 



" Agunrin," by M. iK.t . r.' i. p. 404 : 



Vienna, 17*^3), and to have licen fir*t bruugbt alive to Kurope in 

 1877, when it wan cxliibite<t in the (iardent of the %<M)logica] Society 

 uf London. 



The animal repn>scnted in our rtal«: \ 11. u uiic the kkin ut whuli 

 is pnxT%t'<l in our National CVillectuiii, and whu'h came from the 

 Zoulugtcal Society nAcr having lived *ume '""'• "i tl.r,f Society'* 

 Cjardens. 



The body is clotlietl with lung hairs, which are predominantly of a 

 light yellowish reddish tinge. A median lungitiidiiial patch fnun the 

 na\K uf the neck backwards over the shoulder* is black, as i» also moot 



* Acoonling to Ilrntr 



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