AGOUTI. 
and to multiply. They can live, however, 
4 in Fi ance, if kept in a dry place, and sheltered 
from the winter frosts. Even in America, 
they appear not in the temperate or cold re- 
gions. In the islands, there is only the species 
of Agouti which we have described. At Cay- 
enne, and in Guiana and Brasil, a second spe- 
cies is mentioned, .called Agouchi, which is 
said to be uniformly smaller than the first. 
But we are assured, by the evidence of per- 
sons who have lived long at Cayenne, and 
who know both the Agouti, and the Agouchi, 
the latter of which we have never been able 
to procure, that the animal we have described 
is -the true Agouti. We had it alive. It was 
as large as a Rabbit. It's hair was rude; and 
of a brown colour, a little mixed with red. 
It's upper lip was divided like that of the 
Hare. It's tail was still shorter than the tail 
of the Rabbit. The ears were short and 
broad. The upper jaw advanced beyond the 
under. The muzzle resembled that of the 
Dormouse; and the teeth, those of the Mar- 
mot. The neck was long, and the legs were 
slender. It had four toes on the fore-feet, and 
three on the hind-feet, Brisson is the only 
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