CAPIBARA, 
The ystematic naturalists appear, at first, to 
ave mistaken the true character of this ani- 
lal. The great Linnseus, in his Systema Na- 
jr22, originally called it Sus Hydrochoerus ; 
ut, from subsequent observation, it has since 
een made the Cavia Capybara, and placed as 
ae last species of the genus Cavy« Pennant, 
)o, in his Synopsis of Quadrupeds, described 
: under the appellation of the Thick-Nosed 
apiir; and he, afterwards, in his History of 
Juadrupedsj having found it necessary to alter 
lat arrangement, made it his first species of 
le Cavy. So that, notwithstanding the dif- 
jrence of it's specific station, it now seems 
n agreed branch of the Cavy family. 
Barrere names it, Sus Maximus Palustris; 
It, the Largest Marsh-Hog : called, as he says, 
[ly the natives, Gabiai, or Cabionara. It is 
he Hydrochoerus, ofBrisson; the Capybara, 
f Marcgrave, of Piso, of Johnston, and of 
ly; the Capivard, of Froger; the River 
of Wafer; the Cabiai, of BufFon ; and 
the 
