MAMMALIA. GLIRES* Hare. 277 



efpecially on the back ; the claws are fliarp ; the fore legs are fhorter than the hind legs. This ani- 

 mal burrows in the ground, and runs much fafter up hill than down. 



XXXI. H A R E.—30. LE PU S. 22. 



Has two fore-teeth in each jaw ; in the upper jaw is a fecond 

 inner row of fore-teeth which are confiderably fmaller than 

 the outer or primaries. The fore feet have each five, and 

 the hind feet four toes. 



The animals of this genus are all remarkably timid, and live entirely on vegetable food ; they ufe 

 the hind feet in walking as far as the heel, and run by a kind of leaps or repeated bounds. They 

 have either exceedingly fhort tails, named /cuts, or none at all. 



* With tails* 



1. Peruvian Hare. — 1. Lepus Vifcaccia. 5. 



Has a longifh tail, befet with bridles. MolLn. hift. nat. Chil. 272. 



Vizcacha. Laet, Amer. 407. — Vifcacha. Nieremb. hift. nat. 161. — Vifcachos. Feuille, obfl' 

 iii. 32. Acofta, ap. Purch. pilgr. iii. 966. Garcilaffo de la Vega. 331. Penn. hift. of quad- 



P- 37<5- 



Inhabits the plains, and. bales of the mountains, in the colder parts of Peru and Chili, — The fur of 

 this animal is of a moufe colour, and fo fine and foft, that, in the time of the Incas, it was wove in- 

 to cloth for the Peruvian nobles, and is ftill employed for bonnets by the Chilefe. In general ap- 

 pearance and manners, it refembles the Rabbit, and digs holes under ground, having two contiguous 

 chambers, in one of which it fleeps, and the other, which is lower, it employs for eating its proviiions,, 

 which are collected in the night time ; the tail is bufhy, and much longer than in any other fpecies- 

 of the genus, it turns up in general, and is employed as a weapon of defence, but in what manner w& 

 are not informed.. 



2. Common Hare. — 2. Lepus timidus. 1. 



Has a very fhort tail ; the ears are longer than the head, and black at the ends,. 

 Faun. Suec. 25. Schreber, iv..t. ccxxxiii. A. 



Lepus. Pliny, viii. c. 55. Gefn. quad. 69. Aldrov. dig. 247. Jonft. quad. t. 65. Raj.. quad. 204,- 

 Erxleb. mam. 325. n. 1. Kleift, quad. 51. Briff. quad. 94. — Lievre, or Hare. Sm Buff. iv. 137- 

 pi. lviii.— Hafe. Riding, jagdb. Th. t. 13.=— Common Hare, Penn. hift. of quad. n. 241. Brit,. 

 200L. i. 87. Lever, MuC. 



