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PATAGONIAN CAVY. 



Cavia Patachonica. C. subecaudata griseo-fermginea, subtus al- 

 bida, macula femorali utrinque alba, uropygio nigro. 



Ferruginous-grey Cavy, whitish beneath, with extremely short 

 naked tail, large white patch on each thigh, and black rump. 



Patagonian Cavy. Pennant Quadr. 2,. p. 91. 



Hare. Narborougfis Voy. to Magell.p. 33. 



THIS remarkable species, of which a fine speci- 

 men occurs in the Leverian Museum, is a native 

 of Patagonia, where it is said to be by no means 

 uncommon. In size it considerably exceeds a 

 flare, and, according to Mr. Pennant, has been 

 sometimes found to weigh more than twenty-six 

 pounds. Its colour on the upper parts resembles 

 that of a Hare ; but the under parts are whitish, 

 the breast and sides tinged with ferruginous : on 

 each thigh is a large oval white patch, and the 

 rump or region round the tail is black : the ears 

 are long, rather broad, and sharp-pointed. On 

 each side the nose is a tuft of short soft hair, ex- 

 clusive of the long vibrissae or whiskers. The legs 

 are long ; the claws long, strait, sharp, and black : 

 they are four in number on the fore feet, and 

 three on the hind. The tail is extremely short, as 

 in the Aguti, being a mere naked stump or process. 

 This animal is said to be an excellent article of food, 

 the flesh being very white and delicate. It is 

 called by SirJohn Narborough, who seems to have 

 been its first discoverer, by the title of a Hare. 



