BRASILIAN PORCUPINE. 
and shorter than the Brasilian Porcupine's, is 
likewise naked and free from spines, from the 
middle to the end. It lives on the summer 
fruits, and may be easily tamed. Pennant 
«ays, that the Brasilian Porcupine lives in the 
woods; preys not only on fruits, but poultry; 
sleeps in the day, preys at night; makes a 
noise with it's nostrils, as if out of breath ; 
grunts like a sow; and grows vef^' fat. It's 
flesh," he adds, is white, and very good. 
I it climbs trees, but very slowly ; and, in de- 
; scending, twists it's tail round the branches, 
(for fear of falling. It is incapable of shoot- 
ing it's quills — as, indeed, are all other Porcu- 
pines — and may be tamed. Piso says, there 
is a greater and a lesser kind." 
Pennant has omitted to mention the size of 
Dur Brasilian Porcupine ; but, from the length 
3f the tail, some idea may be formed. It is, 
perhaps, about the same magnitude as the 
, VIexican Porcupine ; being, certainly, of the 
ly argest kind of the two varieties. 
Buffbn seems sensible of some uncertainty, 
i his accpunt of the Coendoiu ** I acknow- 
ledge, 
