5 6 
Porjata. 
2 . 
Macroura. 
F^ca, 
2. 
Acufcky. 
MAMMALIA. GLIRES. CavU. 
Tail middle length, not prehcnfilc ; hind-feet 5-toed ; Ip'”^* 
on the upper part of the head, back and tail only. , 
_ , , . Cu 7 jadian ^ 
jpody white. 
Inhabits iVor//; .'/wcnra r digs hoifs under trees, climbs, 
on fruit, and bark particularly of the juniper; Lps like a 
in the winter eats Inow in the place of drink ; nearly the 
of a hare. 
Body rulfy-broryn 5 tail underneath white at the tip ; fpMCS 
laoft hid among the hair. ' • 
Feet 5-toed; tail very long; prickles clubbed of jointed. 
Long-tailed >■' 
Inhabits the woods of the iflands of tlie Indian Ocean. 
Lars fliort, naked ; tail length of the body, crowned at th® 
with a tuft of long, knotted, filvery hairs; body fliort, thi*-^' 
ears fliort, naked; eyes large, bright. 
25. CAVIA. Fore-teeth 2, wtdgQti.'. grindi'^^ 
8 : toes on the fore-feet *3 — on 
hind-feet 4 — : tail fhort or o : 
vicley^ o. ‘ 
IThefe feera to hold a ipddlc place between the murine and 
bit tribes ; move flow with a kind of leaping ; do not cliu'^ 
feed on vegetables ; dwell in hollow trees or dig burrows. 
Tailed; feet 5-toed; fides ftriped with yelWiflt fpots. 
Spotted Cti'if 
Inhabits Guinea and Braftl; burrows on the banks of riv®d' 
keeps its neft clean having three feparaty outlets: grows f’'!'’ 
and when young is eafily tamed : tte.fli \-ery good, fen’* ' 
brings 1 young : about a feet long. 
Body above brown with 5 rows of white or yellowifli 
clofc fet along the lidcs : neck, jeet, and belly dirty-whi‘*j 
ears oval, covered, bluutjfli : neck fliurt, tail hardly a”)' j 
hind-legs longer than the fore : teats a, placed between 
liind-legs. 
Entirely white. Found near the river St. Francis. [ 
Tailed ; body olive. Olive CiF'^' 
Inhabits the woods of Guinea. .• about the flze of a half gr”''!' 
raUiit : lives On fruit, avoids water : eafily tamed : 
efculent ; tail longer than the laft: brings 1—2 young 
