BRASILIAN PORCUPINE. 
tary ; and the females never quit the tree in 
which they have brought forth. These ani- 
mals are apt to bite but their bite is neither 
strong nor dangerous* 
*^ The small speeies usually weigh about 
six pounds. They are not more numerous 
than the others. The Tigers are deadly foes 
to the Coendous j and they never appear oa 
the ground during the day.*^ 
