5S 
47.ERA^ItlAN* 
MUSK, 
Ruffians arid Tartars. It is ftrongeft in rutting 
time. 
Cuguacu-ete, Margrave Brafil. 123. 
235. Pifo Brafl. 97. Cervula furinamenfis, fubrubra 
Biche- de Guiane. des Marchais. albis maculis notata. Seb. Muf L 
III. 295. 71. tab. xliv. Klein quad. 22. 
Wirrebocerra, Bancroft Guiana . Brijfon quad. 67„ 
M. about the fize of a roebuck: ears four inches 
long : the veins very aparent: eye large and black ; 
noftrils wide: fpace about the mouth black : the 
hind legs longer than the fore legs: tail fnort: hair 
on the whole body fhort and fmooth : on the head 
and neck brown : the throat and lower part of the 
neck white : body and legs tawny: hoofs black. 
Inhabits Guiana and Brafil 3 are^excefliveiy timid, 
and moft remarkably a£tive, and fwift; like goats 
they can Hand with all their four legs placed toge¬ 
ther on the point of a rock. They are frequently 
feen fwimming the rivers, and at that time are eafily 
taken. The Indians hunt them, and their flefli is 
efteemed very delicate* The French of Guiana call 
them Biches or Does, becaufe notwithstanding their 
likenefs to deer, both fexes are without horns. 
M. de Buff on accufes Seba of an error, in placing 
this animal in Surinam ; but the lait is vindicated 
by feveral authorities, who have had ocular proof 
of its exiftence in Guiana , &c» 
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