276 THE TAPETI, OR 



there arc wild and dotneftic rabbits which have! 

 no refemblance to thofe of Spain *. 



xxr. 



THE TAPETI, or BRASILIAN HARE f. 



THE tapeti J feems to make a near approach 

 to the fpecies of the hare or rabbit. It is found 

 in Brafil, and many other parts of America. 

 In figure, it refembles the European rabbit ; 

 and it refembles the hare in fize and colour, 

 only it is a little browner. Its ears are very 

 long, and fliaped like thofe of the hare. Its 

 hair is red on the fore head, and whitifli on 

 the throat. Some of them have a white circle 



round 



• Hid. des Incas, torn 2. p. 267. 



f Brazilian hare, with very long ears ; a white ring round 

 the neck ; face of a reddifh colour ; chin white ; black eyes ; 

 colouroftiie body like the common hare, only djrker ; belly 

 tvhit'lh ; no tail ; fome want the white ring round the neck ) 

 Pennant's Synopf. of quad. p. 252. ' 



Tapeti ; Marcgr.Br.jfd. p. 223. Pifo, BraftI, p. 1 02. 



Cunicuhis Bralilienlis /iJ/if/; diiflus; Ruii fynopj. q:uiJ. p. 205. 



Lepus Brafilienfis, cauda nulla ; Linn. Syji. Ndt. p 78. 



Lepus ccaud;itus; Brijfoi:. quad. p. 97. 



Collared rabbit ; Wciler'i voyage hi Dair.pkr. 



\ 7'tf//'/)', according to P- d' Abbeville ; Af/^ au Maragnon, 

 p. 251. 





