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13. The Klipda, or baflard marmot, of the Cape of 



Good Hope, described by Vofmaer. 



14. The Capiverd, or Capivard of the Cape of Good 



Hope, defcribed by Bomare. 



In America. 



1. The Unau fpecies of floth. 



2. The Cabeay, or amphibious hog. 



3. The Aperea of Brafil. 



4. The Indian pig. 



5. The Saino, Pecar, or Cojametl. 



6. The Tapeto. 



Therefore in the old continent there are at leafl: four- 

 teen fpecies of quadrupeds (J) unfurniihed with tails, 

 and in America only fix, of which we might except the 

 two lad, as they are uncertain (e). In all the thirty 

 volumes of the Hiftory of Quadrupeds of count de Buf- 

 fon, we have found no other American animal without 

 a tail except thofe above mentioned : and notwithftand* 

 ing he ventured to affirm that in the new world aim oil: 

 all the animals were deprived of tails ; it appears from 

 hence that fuch univerfal proportions are as eafily offer- 

 ed as they are difficult of proof. 



If 



(d) To the fourteen fpecies above mentioned we might add the Unau Dy- 

 iaSiylus of Ceylon, mentioned by feveral authors, and the Porte-mufc, defcribed 

 by Mr. Aubenton and Bomare ; but we omit the firft, becaufe we are not cer- 

 tain that it is different from the Loris of Buffon ; we pafs the fecond alfo, 

 becaufe it may have fome little tail, although the diligent M. d' Aubenton did 

 not find it. 



(e) The Pecar is defcribed by Oviedo, Hernandez, and Acofta, under the 

 names Saino and Cojametl; but they fay nothing of its want of a tail. We 

 have been informed by accurate and diilincl perfons, who have feen many 

 Pecars, that they had a tail, although it was fmall. With refpecl: to the 

 Tapeto, the count de Buffon believes it to be the Citli of Hernandez. But all 

 Mexicans know that the Citli of Hernandez is the hare of Mexico, and we arc 

 certain it has a tail like the common hare of Europe. 



