HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



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CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN 

 QUADRUPEDS. 



SECT. I. 



Species acknowledged and admitted by the Count de Buffon. 



(The Number added to each Species refers to the 

 Volume in which the author fpeaks of it.J 



Acouti, a fmall quadruped of Paraguay and Brazil, 

 fimilar to the rabbit. The true name in the Paraguefe 

 tongue is Acuti, 17. 



Ai, a fpecies of floth furniflied with a tail, 26. 



Akouchi, a fmall quadruped of Guiana, 30. 



Alce, vulgarly called Great-beast (a), by the French 

 Elan, by the Canadians Orignac, 24. 



Alco, amongfl: the Peruvians Alleo, among the Mexi- 

 cans lechichi, d. mute eatable quadruped fimilar to a 

 little dog. 



Apar, a fpecies of Tatu or Armadillo, furniflied with 

 three moveable bands, 21. 



Ape re a, a quadruped refembling the rabbit, but with- 

 out a tail, 30. 



Buffler, or hunch-backed bull, called in Mexico Cibolo, 

 a large quadruped of North America, 23. 



Cabassou, a fpecies of Tatu, covered with two plates 

 or {hells, and twelve moveable bands, 21. 



Cabcai, or capibara (£), an amphibious quadruped fi- 

 milar to the hog, 25. 



Cachicamo, a fpecies of Tatu, covered with two plates, 

 and nine moveable bands, 21. 



Chamois 



(a) In America they call the Tapir or Danta the Great-beajl. 



(£ x The Cabiai of Buffon is called Capibara or Capiguara by the Tucumanefe 

 nation, Capiiba or Capibara by the Paraguefe, Cappiva by the Tamanachefe, by 

 the Chiquitans Oyuis, and by other nations Chiaco, Ciguiri, Irabubi. 



