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AGUTI. 



food between its paws. It is said sometimes to 

 get into gardens by night, and commit great ra- 

 vages among the esculent vegetables. According 

 to Mr. Pennant, this species extends from the 

 Isthmus of Darien to Paraguay, 



AGUTI. 



Cavia caudata, corpore ex rufo fusco, abdomine Jla'ccscentc. Lin. 



S]/st, Nat. GmeLp. 121. 

 Tailed Cavy, with the body rufous brown, and the abdomen 



yellowish. 



Mus Aguti. M. Cauda abbremata, palmis tetradactylk, plantin 



tridactylis, abdomine Jia'cescente. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 80. 

 Aguti vel Acuti Brasiiiensibus. Marcgr. bras. p. 224. 

 Agouti. Buff. 8. p. 375. pi. ^o. 

 Long-nosed Cavy. Pennant Quadr. 2. p, 94. 



ThIs Species is peculiar to the warmer parts of 

 South America, and is extremely common in 

 Guiana. Its general size is that of a rabbet : the 

 body is plutnp^ and thicker behind than before : 

 the head is rather small, and somewhat com- 

 pressed laterally : the snout long and sharpish ; 

 the nose divided at the tip^ and the upper jaw 

 longer than the lower : the eyes round and black ; 

 the ears very short, broad, naked, and rounded : 

 the neck rather long, but thick : the legs thin, 

 almost naked, and blackish : the hind legs are 

 longer than the fore, and have only three toes : 

 the tail is extremely short, naked, and sometimes 

 scarce visible ; the hair on the whole animal is 

 hard, strong, and shining, and is brown with a 



