92 OCTODONTID.E. HYSTRICID^E. 



b. Female. Purchased, May 3, 1865. 



c. Born in the Menagerie, May 31, 1866. 



d. Male ; e, f. Females. Purchased, July 6, 1870. 

 g-Jc. On approval, July 31, 1875. 



Genus LAGOSTOMUS. 



332. Lagostomus trichodactylus, Brookes. Viscacha. 

 Hab. Buenos Ayres. 



a. Male. Presented by Messrs. Werner & Co., Jan. 6, 1864. 



b-e. Presented by Capt. Parish, K.N., May 2, 1865. 



/. Presented by W. Bramley Moore, Esq., April 19, 1866. 



g. Born in the Menagerie, April 30, 1867. 



Ti. Born in the Menagerie, Nov. 22, 1867. 



ir-l. Presented by F. Seybold, Esq., June 26, 1868. 



m. Born in the Menagerie, July 2, 1868. 



n. Born in the Menagerie, April 19, 1869. 



Family HYSTRICID^E. 



Genus HYSTRIX. 



333. Hystrix cristata (Linn.) . Crested Porcupine. 

 Hab. Asia and Africa. 



a. Presented by H.E.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, Nov. 12, 1860. 



From South Africa. 

 6, c. Presented by F. U. Rungell, Esq., July 8, 1862. From 



India. 



d. Presented by A. Oswald Brodie, Esq., April 18, 1864. 



From Ceylon. 



e, /, g. Presented by Sir W. T. Denison, K.C.B., Dec. 22, 1864. 



Specimens described and figured by Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, 



p. 352, pi. xvi., as Hystrix malabarica. See also P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 234. 



h. Born in the Menagerie, April 25, 1865. 

 i,j. Presented by Col. Thompson, Aug. 25, 1865. From 



India. 



Tc, 1. Born in the Menagerie, April 12, 1866. 

 w, n. Born in the Menagerie, May 8, 1867. 

 o, p. Born in the Menagerie, Sept. 16, 1867. 

 q. Presented by Capt. S. Loran, Nov. 6, 1867. From Africa. 

 r. Purchased, May 8, 1867. From North Africa. 

 s. Bora in the Menagerie, Feb. 21, 1868. 

 *. Presented by Capt. Coxwell, Oct. 29, 1871. From S. Africa. 



