22o MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Cavy. 



called Cavia Cobaya by the Erafilians. Marcgr. Braf. 224. Pifo, Braf. 102. Pallas, fpicil. zool. ii. 

 17. Raj. quad. 223. — Mus major, or Larger Moufe, having no tail, and variegated with tawny 

 and white. Brown, Jam. 484. — Guinea-pig. Edw. av. t. 294. f. 2. Sm. Buff", iv. 296. pi. lxxxiv. — 

 Reftlefs Cavy. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 232,. * 



Inhabits ErafiL — The manners of this animal, in a wild ftate, are not mentioned by authors ; in a 

 domeftic ftate in Europe, they are very reftlefs, grunting continually, and running about in their apart- 

 ment; they feed on bread, grain, fruits, and vegetables of all kinds, preferring parfley; eat frequent- 

 ly, and little at a time, in- a hafty manner^ Buffon fays they never drink, but Gmelin that they drink 

 water -, their voice is commonly a kind of grunt, like a young pig; when engaged in their amours, it 

 refembles the chirp of a bird, and when hurt, they emit a fharp cry; they are extremely delicate, and 

 impatient of cold or moifture ; of tame and gentle, but ftupid, difpofitions ; the female breeds at two- 

 months old, bringing from four or five to ten or twelve young ones at a birth, though flie has only 

 two teats, and breeds very often during the year, as fhe goes but three weeks with young, and takes 

 the male twelve or fifteen days after littering. This fpecies feldom exceeds feven. inches in length ; 

 it is variable in colour, as are almoft all domefticated animals ; the hair is harfli, and is fomewhat 

 longer on the neck than on the reft of the body; the body is thick and fhort, with a very fliort neck, 

 fhort, broad, naked ears, and large, prominent, brownifii eyes. 



452; 6. Patagonian Cavy. — Cavia magellanica. 



Has hardly any tail ; the fides of the nofe are garnifhed with tufts of curly hair audi 

 long numerous whifkers. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 234. pi. xxxix. 



Hare of Patagonia. Narborough, voy. 33. Byron, voy. 18.. 



Inhabits the country about Port Defire in Patagonia.: — This fpecles is of confiderable fize, fometimes 

 weighing twenty-fix pounds : The ears are long and much dilated at the bottom; the upper lip is di- 

 vided; each fide of the nofe is garnifhed with a curly tuft of hair, arid with numerous long whifkers;. 

 the tip of the nofe is black ; the face, back, and fore parts of the legs, are of an afh colour, mixed 

 with rufty brown ; the breaft and fides are tawny, the rump is black ; the belly is of a dirty white, 

 and there is a white patch on the outfide of each thigh ; the legs are very long, having four toes, be- 

 fore and three behind, armed with long, ftraight, black claws ; the tail is only a fhort naked (lump. 

 This animal has the fame manners with the reft of the genus ; it fits on its hind legs, burrows in the. 

 ground, and. feeds on vegetables. The fleih is very white, and has an excellent flavour. 



453 7. Capibara. — 6* Cavia Capybara. 6. 



Has no tail ; the hind feet have each three toes, which are connected by a web. 

 Schreber, iv. 620. t. clxxiv.. 



Sus hydrochaeris, having three toes on the hind feet, and no tail. Syft. nat_ed. xii. 103. — Sus 

 maximus paluftris, or Largeft marih Hog, called Cabiai, or Cabionara, by the natives. Barrere, Fr. 

 . equin. 160. Hydrochoerus. Brill", quad. 1 17. — Cavia Capybara.. Pallas, fpic. zool. ii. 18. ^Capy- 

 bara, of the Erafilians. Marcgr. Braf. 230. Pifo, Braf. 99. Jonft. quad. t. 60. Raj. quad. 126. — 



Capivard, Froger, voy. 123 River>-hQg. Wafer, in Dampiev.'s voy. iii. 400. — Cabiai. Sm. Buft- 



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