Zoo Notes 
PUNCTURED AGOUTI. 
THE Agouti, which is the South American 
native name accepted as the 
Penatd oF English appellation for the 
Central South American and West 
America. 
Indian rodents, belongs to 
the genus Dasyprocta; another designation 
applied to some of them being Cavy. The 
animal is nearly two feet long, covered with 
brown hair sprinkled with yellow or reddish, 
except the crupper, which is orange; the 
ears are short, and the tail rudimentary. 
Darwin, in his “Origin of Species,” Chap. IX., 
writes:—‘On these same plains of la 
Plata, we saw the agouti and bizcacha, 
animals having nearly the same habits as 
Dis 
HAIRY ARMADILLO. 
our hares and rabbits and belonging to the 
same order.” 
Os 
Like the rodent just described, the Armadillo 
is also a native of La Plata, 
and a more restless animal 
it would be difficult to find 
anywhere in the whole Zoo. It is always 
on the move with a motion very rapid for 
the size of the animal, which must cover 
miles of ground in its daily marches, and its 
armour-clad body, from which its name is 
derived, does not in any way seem to 
impede its very rapid movements. These 
animals are remarkable for the number of 
The Hairy 
Armadillo. 
STRIPED HYAINA. 
