SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



F. Cuvier. Cabaya, G. Cuvier. Cuniculus Brasiliensis, 

 Briss. Reg. Anim. 149. Cavia Aperea, Erxleb. Aperea, 

 VAzara, Quad, of Paraguay, ii. 6. Cavia Cobai Bra- 

 iiliensibus, Marcg. Bra. 224. Porcellus Indicus, Johnston, 

 Quad. Cavia Cobaya, Pison, Erxleb. Mus sen Cuniculus 

 \mericaims et Guineensis, Ray. Syn. 223. Mus Brasili- 

 ensis, Lin. Mus Porcellus, Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 79. 

 funiculus Indicus, Briss. Reg. Anim. 146. 



Cochon d'Inde, Buff. Hist. Nat. viii. Restless Cavy, 

 Pen. Quad. ii. 89. Variegated Cavy, Shaw, Zool. ii. pi. 1. 

 17. Rock Cavy, Peji. Quad. 



Icon. Marcg. 224. Buff. I. c. pi. 1. Schreber, tab. 173. 



Inhabits Brazil, Paraguay, &c. ; the domesticated variety 

 has been transported to almost all the temperate parts of 

 the world, 



Genus VII. — Dasyprocta. 

 Incisors |; canines M; cheek-teeth f| == 20. Head 

 rather elongated ; forehead flat; muzzle thick; eyes large ; 

 fore-paws with four toes, and a tubercle for a thumb; hind- 

 legs longer than those before, with three toes, and long 

 strong nails ; sole of the foot naked and callous. 



705. 1. D. Acuti (the Agouti.) Brown, sprinkled with 

 yellow or reddish ; orange on the crupper ; ears short ; tail 

 rudimentary. Nearly two feet long. 



Mus Sylvestris Americanus, Ray, Syn. 226. Cavia Aguti, 

 Gmel. Cuniculus Americanus, Brisson, Reg. Anim. 143. 

 Dasyprocta Acuti, ////o-^r. Chloromys, i^. Cwy. Platypyga, 

 Illiger ? Long-nosed Cavy, Pen?!. Quad. vi. 94. Long-nosed 

 Rabbit, Wafer. Small Indian Coney, Brown, Jam. 484. 



Acutis, Johnston, Quad. Agouti, Buff. t. viii. 



Icon. Marcgrave, Bras. Johnstov, Quad. tab. 63. Scba, 

 tab. 41. f. 2. Buff. I. c. tab. 50. Schreb. tab. 172. 



Inhabits South America. 



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