HUNTING THE PACA. 



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THE DUSKY FACA. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



HUNTING THE PACA, THE AGOUTI, THE VISCACHA, AND THB 

 CHINCHILLA. 



HE Dusky Pacha, according 

 to Cuvier, is identical with 

 the Fulvous Paca; but we 

 have examined the skulls, and 

 find them different. In the 

 former, the hones of the skull 

 are smooth, and the zygomatic 

 arches less inordinately de- 

 veloped. The general color of 

 the Dusky Paca is brownish- 

 black, with four lateral rows of white spots, which begin on the 

 shoulders and terminate on the buttocks. The lowest line is 

 almost confounded with the white of the under surface the sides 

 of the lower jaw, the throat, and chest are also white. Total length 

 of head and body,, about two feet ; average height fourteen inches 

 These animals are natives of the whole of the eastern portion 01 

 South America, from Surinam to Paraguay, and formerly existed 

 also in some of the islands of the West Indies. Forests in the 



