SYNOPSIS OF THE 



706. 2. D. Cristata (the Crested Agouti.) Blackish 

 sprinkled, with red hair on the occiput ; crupper very long 

 ears and tail short. 



Cavia Cristata, Geoff. Coll. du Mus. Dasyprocta Cris- 

 tata, Desmarest. 



Agouti a Crete, F. Cuvier, Diet, des Sci. t. 6. 



Icon. Menag. Nation^ No. 5, pi. 3. 

 . Inhabits Surinam. 



707. 3. D. Acuschy {the AkouchY.') Brown, spotted with 

 yellow ; crupper blackish, and belly red. 



Cavia Acuschy, Gm. Cavia Acuschy, Erxleb. -^ 



Olive Cavy, Penn. Quad. Akouchy, Buff. t. \5. 

 Icon. Burrere Fr. equinox, pi. 153. Buff. Supp. iii. 36. 

 Schreb. tab. 171. 



Inhabits the West Indies. 



708. 4. D. Patagonica (the Patagonian Cavy.) Brown- 

 ish-gray ,■ dotted on the back, darker on the crupper, white 

 on the thighs and belly ; yellowish on sides ; ears long ; tail 

 short, about thirty inches long, and the average height 

 seventeen or eighteen.. 



Cavia Patachonica, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. 

 Lievre Pampa, UAzara, Quad, du Paraguay, Patagonian. 

 Hare, Byron^s Voyage. Patagonian Cavy, Penn. Quad. 

 Icon. Pennant, Quad.pl. 68. Shaw, I. c. 165. 

 Inhabits Patagonia. 

 Obs, This species seems nearly allied to Lepus. , 



709. 5. D. FwcacAa (the Viscache.) Dirty white; sides 

 of the head black ; moustache seven inches long ; body and 

 neck thick, large, and cylindrical ; tail nine inches long, 

 naked at tip, but with bristly hairs on the upper part of the 

 remainder ; anterior feet with four toes, and digging nails 

 posterior, with three. As big as a hare. 



Dolichotes Vischacha, Desmarest, Jour, de Phys. Lepus 



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