SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Brisson, Quad. 131. Porcus Aculeatus Sylvestris, Seba, 

 Thes. t. 12. Mus Macrourus, Desmarest, Mammal. 309. 



Rice-tailed Porcupine and Long-tailed Porcupine, Pen. 

 Iridescent Porcupine, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. 



Icon. Seba, I. c.pl. 52. Shaio, I. c. 124. Pen. Quad. t. 72. 



Inhabits India. 



684. 5. H. Couiy (the Couiy of D'Azara.) Body covered 

 vfith numerous short spines, yellowish at their base and 

 point, and bi'own in the middle; tail thick, shortish; the 

 latter half naked, and prehensile ; nearly two feet lon^ ; 

 tail nine or ten inches. 



Hystrix Prehensilis, var. 7, Gm. Hystrix aculeis appa- 

 rantibus cauda bievi, Briss. Reg. Anim. 127. Erethizon 

 BufFoniijF. Cuih Mem. Mus, Eucri tus, FwcAer, Zool. vii. 

 102. 



Couiy D'Azara, Quad, du Paraguay, t. ii. 105. Coendou, 

 Buff. t. 12. (This name is probably referrible to the next 

 species.) Hoitzlacuatzin seu Flacuatzin, Hernandez. 

 Mexican Porcupine, Pennant. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. tab. 54. 



Inhabits South America. 



685. 6. H. Dorsata (Ca»ada Porcupine.) Hair long; 

 prickles short ; male deep brown ; female lighter brown ; 

 tail long ; bristles of the head and neck long. 



Histrix Hudsonius, Briss. H. Dorsata, Gniel. H. Pilo- 

 sus, Casteby, Car. App. 30. Cavia Hudsonius, Klein. Ere- 

 thizon Dorsatum, F. Cuv. Urson, Buff\ xir. 



Icon. Schreb. t. 169. Buff. xii. t. 55. Ency. Method. 

 t. b5,f. 1. 



Inhabits Canada. 



Obs. Type of M. F. Cuvier's genus Erethizon. 



686. 7. II. CuaJidu (the Coueudou.) Body covered with 



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