SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



562. 4. E. Hispidus (the Rough-haired Echimys.) 

 Brown-red; lighter underneath ; head reddish; tail as long 

 as the body ; scaly; hairs of the back very rough. About 

 seven or eight inches long. 



Echimys Hispidus. Geoff. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x. 

 58. Loncheres Paleacea, Lichtensiein, Tr. Acad. Ber. 1818, 

 191. ■ 



Icon. Lichtenstein, I. c. t, I. f. I. 



Inhabits South America. 



563. 5. E. Didelphoides . Brown on the back ; lighter 

 on the flanks ; yellowish underneath ; tail as long as the 

 body; the tip, and for about one-seventh of its length, 

 scaly ; the rest hairy. 



Echimys Didelphoides, Geoff. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 10. 58. 

 Inhabits America. 



564. 6. E.CaT/ennensis {CsLjenne 'Echimys.) Red, passing 

 into brown, toward the middle of the back; belly white; 

 hind-feet with long tarsi, and with the three middle toes of 

 equal length. 



Echimys Cayennensis, Geoff. Coll. du Mus. 

 Inhabits South America. 



565. 7. E. Setosus (Bristly Echimys.) Fur red, soft, and 

 but little intermixed with spines; under-part white; end of 

 the feet white ; tail rather longer than the body ; posterior 

 tarsi long. 



Echimys Setosus, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. t. 10. pa. 59, 

 from GeofFroy. 

 Inhabits South America. 



Myoxus, (Dormice.) Incisors, •§ ; canines, gj^ ; cheek- 

 teelh, ^ = 20, divided by transverse bands ; eyes large and 



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