AGOUTI. 
The a gouti, which is a species of the 
Cavy, is the Cavia Aguti of the Linnaean sys- 
tem ; and consists of the three following va- 
rieties — U The Cavia Aguti Cunicularis, or 
the Lesser Agouti ; 2. Cavia Aguti Leporina, 
or the Larger Agouti; and, 3. Cavia Aguti 
Americana, or the American Agouti. 
Pennant calls the first, the Long-Nosed 
Cavy ; the second, the Olive Cavy; and the 
third, the Javan Cavy. 
Agouti, Acuti, or Couti, is the native In- 
than name; but, according to Piso, and 
Marcgrave, it is, in Brasil, called Cotia. 
The animal figured and described by Buffbn, 
under the name of the Agouti, and which we 
have copied, appears to be the Long-Nosed 
Cavy of Pennant; and it is, also, the Long- 
Nosed Rabbit mentioned in Wafer's Voyage. 
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