244 C A V Y. 
ILngland Guinea-Pigs , being fuppofed to come from 
that country. Rats are faid to avoid their haunts, 
177. Rock; Aperea. Braflienfibus , jiobis vel- Cavia Aperea Klein quad , 50. 
dratte, vel Bolchratte Marcgra<ve Cunicuius ecaudatus auritus, ex 
Brafil , 223. Pifo Brafil, 103. Rail cinereo rufus Brijfon quad. 103, 
fyn. quad. 206. L’Aperea de Bujjon, xv. 160. 
C. with divided upper lip : fhort ears: four toes on 
the fore feet; three on the hind: no tail: color of 
the upper part of the body like that of the common 
hare : belly white : length one foot. 
Inhabits Brafil: lives in the holes of rocks: is 
drove out, and taken by little dogs : is fuperior in 
goodnefs to our rabbets: its paces like that of a 
hare, 
i /3 Spotted. Paca Marcgrave Brafil , 224. Pifo Mus Paca. M. cauda abbreviata, 
Brafil, 101. de Laet. 484.. pedibus pentadattylss, lateribus 
Mus Bralilienfis magnus,porcelli flavefcenti-lineatis. Lin. fyft. 81. 
pilis et voce, Paca di&us. Rail Cunicuius caudatus, auritus, pi- 
fyn. quad. 226. lis obfcure fulvis, rigidis, lineis 
Ckvia Paca. Klein quad. co. cx albo flavefcentibus ad latera 
Cunicuius major, paluftris, faf- diftindlis. Brijfon quad. 99. 
ciisalbisnotatus.PacaM^rrgraw. Le Paca de Buffon, X. 209. tab, 
Rarrere France jfcquin. 152. xliii. 
C. with the upper jaw longer than the lower: noftrils 
large : whifkers long: ears fhort and naked : neck 
thick: hairs fhort, and hard : color of the upper 
part of the body dark brown *, the lower part, or 
fides, marked lengthways with lines of grey fpots • 
the belly white ; in fome, perhaps young ones, the 
fides and fpots are of a pale yellow: five toes on 
each foot ; only the meer rudiment of $ tail: 
length 
