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Div. II. Sed. III. Digitated Quadrupeds .* with¬ 
out canine teeth; and with two 
cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Generally herbivorous, or frugi- 
vorous. 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Generally four toes on the fore feet, three behind. 
Short ears : no tail, or a very fhort one. 
Cuniculus vel Porcellus indicus Mus porcellus. M. cauda nulla, 
Gefner quad. 367. palmis tetrada&ylis, plantis tri- 
Cavia Cobaya. Marcgrave Bra- claftylis Lin.fyjl, 79. Amain. Acad . 
fil , 224. Pifo Brafil, 102. iv. 190, tab. ii. 
Mus feu cuniculus Americanus et Cuniculus eqaudatus, auritus al- 
Guineenfs , Porcelli pilis et voce, bus, aut rufus, aut ex utroque 
Cavia Cobaya. Raiifyn. quad. 223. variegatus BriJJon quad. 102. 
Cavia Cobaya Brafil, quibufdam Le Cochon d’Inde. de Buffon , viii. 
mus Pharaonis. Tatu pilofus, 1. tab. i. 
Klein quad. 49. 
C. with the upper lip half divided: ears very large, 
broad, and rounded at the Tides : hair ered, not un¬ 
like that of a young pig : color white, or white va¬ 
ried with orange, and black in irregular blotches: 
no tail: four toes on the fore feet j three on the hind. 
Inhabits Brafil: no mention made by writers of 
Its manners in a wild ftate : domeflicated in Europe: 
a reftlefs,. grunting, little animal; perpetually run¬ 
ning from corner to corner: feeds on bread, grains, 
and vegetables: breeds when two months old: 
brings from four to twelve at a time j and breeds 
every two months : would be innumerable, but 
numbers of the young are eaten by cats, others 
killed by the males : are very tender, multitudes of 
young and old perifhing with cold: are called in 
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