THE SPOTTED CAVY. 



Generic Characters. 

 Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 

 Generally four toes on the fore feet, three behind. 

 Ears Ihort. 



No tail, or a very fhort one. 



Synonims. 



Mus Paca, Linn. Syjl. 81. 



Cuniculus caudatus, Briffon Quad. 99. 



Cuniculus major, Paca, Marcgrave Brafil, Pifo Brafil, 101, 



de Laet, 484. 

 Cavia Paca, Klein Quad. 50. 



Mus Brasiliensis magnus, Paca dictus, Raii Syn. Quad. 220. 

 Le Paca, de Buff on, x. 269. tab. xliii. 



THE Spotted Cavy bears forae refemblance to the Guinea-Pig, except 

 that it Hands higher on its legs. It is about ten inches long; the head 

 round, and rather large in proportion to the lize of the body; the nofe 

 broad, and of a blackifli colour; the eyes large, and prominent; the ears are 

 broad, and almoft without hair: the neck is thick; the hair coarfe and Ihort, 

 and in general of a dulky-brown colour, elegantly marked on the fides with 

 whitifh-grey fpots, difpofed in lines extending from the head to the tail: the 

 belly is white. In fome individuals, which are perhaps young ones, the 

 lides and fpots are of a pale yellow : there are five toes on each foot : the 

 tail is a mere rudiment. This little animal does not fit up to eat, as moft of 

 this genus do, but feeds on the ground, like a Pig, and makes a grunting 



