■ SYNOPSIS OF THEl 



short spines, annulated black and white, without any mix- 

 ture of hair on the upper part ; tail two-thirds the length 

 of the body, pointed and prehensile. 



Hystrix Cuandu, Desmarest, Mamm. 346. 



Hystrix Prehensilis, var. /3. Gm. 76. Hystrix Americanus 

 Major, Brisson, Reg. Anim. 130. Sinoethere Prehensilis, 

 t. Cuv. 



Coendou a longue queue, Buff. Sup. vii. Brazilian 

 Porcupine, Pennant. 



Icon. Buffon, I. c. tab. 18. Johnston, tab. 10. Shaw, Zool. 

 VI. t. 123. Pennant, Quad.t. 73. 



Inhabits South America. 



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



687. 8. H. Spinosa (Spiny Sphiggurus.) Spines rather 

 long, dark at the end ; tail beneath naked. 



Sphiggurus Spinosus, F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. v. 



Le Coni, D'Azara. 



Inhabits Paragua. 



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



688. 9. H. FzY/o^a (Hairy Sphiggurus.) Spines hid in 

 the long thick hairs. 



Sphiggurus Villosus, F. Cuv. 

 Orico, Brazilians. 

 Inhabits Brazils. 



Genus IV. — Lepus. 



Incisors | ; canines §^ ,• cheek-teeth ^^ = 20. Upper 

 incisors in pairs, two in front, and two immediately 

 behind them ; the former large and cuneiformed, with a lon- 

 gitudinal furrow down the front, the latter small ; the lower 

 incisors square ; cheek-teeth with flat crowns with trans- 

 verse laminae of enamel ; ears and eyes large ; five toes to 

 fore-feet, and four to those behind, with nails slightly 



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