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The Rock C A V Y 



is likewife found in Brazil, is about twelve inches in 

 length, the colour of the upper part of its body refembles 

 that of the Hare, its belly is white, the upper lip divided, 

 the ears fhort and rounded like thofe of a Rat, and has 

 no tail. It moves like the Hare, its fore legs being (hort- 

 er than the hind. It has four toes on the fore feet, and 

 only three on the hind. — Its flefti is like that of the Rab- 

 bit ; and its manner of living is alfo very fimilar. 



