AGOUTI,. 409 
Color. Variable; upper parts walnut brown; a stripe from 
shoulder to hip and a shorter one above it white; these break into a 
series of spots on the sides of neck and on flanks and are smaller on 
the latter. Two rows of small white spots above the others, the 
lower extending from sides of neck to flanks. 
Fic. LVII. AGOUTI PACA VIRGATA. CENTRAL AMERICAN PACA. 
Measurements. Total length, 740; tail vertebre, 22; hind foot, 
130; ear, 43. Skull: basal length, 139.6; occipito-nasal length, 151; 
zygomatic width, 104; mastoid width, 54.8; interorbital width, 47.2; 
length of nasals, 51.2; width of nasals, 26; length of palate to palatal 
notch, 76; width of palate at middle of second molariform tooth, 7; 
at middle of last molariform tooth, 10.2; upper molar series, 29. 6; 
length of single half mandible, 107. (Bangs, l. c.) 
No family of mammals is better known generally than that of 
the LEporip#, which includes the Hares and Rabbits. It is the one 
group of animals with which nearly all persons are familiar. The 
terms, Hares and Rabbits, although used indiscriminately by many 
persons, really indicate very important distinctions, viz.: Hares 
never make burrows in the earth, but construct loosely arranged 
nests or ‘‘forms,’’ where they sit during the day, and in which they 
bring forth their young fully clothed with fur and able to take care 
of themselves. On the other hand, the Rabbit digs a deep burrow 
in the earth, with many connecting passages and openings, and the 
