LONG-TAILED PORCUPINE. 
that Scba has exhibited American animals as 
belonging to the East Indies. We cannot, how- 
ever," he adds, " be so certain with regard to 
this animal as we have been with several others. 
We shall only say, that die resemblances ap- 
pear to be very great, and the differences but 
slight; and that, as these animals are little 
known, the differences may be only individual 
varieties, or those which distinguisii males and 
females." 
Without entering into a minute comparison 
of what BufFon has here been in the humour 
to denominate " slight differences;" wc shall 
content ourselves with noticing a single, as we 
presume, essential distin6lion : the Canada Por- 
cupine has four toes only on each of the foie 
feet, though five on those behind; the LoTig- 
Tailed Porcupine, as above '.noticed, has five 
toes on every one of it's four feet. Tiiis, wc 
believe, there are very few naturalists who will 
consent to admit is at all likely to be any sexual 
distin(fiion ; whatever regard they might, in 
that rcspc6t, be inclined to pay this suggestion, 
as to the total dissimilarity of the taih, &:c. 
