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Cavia capenfis, Pallas Mi feel. Z00L Africaanfcb bafcerd-mormeldier. 1 82. Cape... 
30. tab. ii. Spied. 16. tab. ii. Vofmaer Monogr. 
C. with a thick head, and full cheeks : ears oval, 
half hid in the fur: head of the color of a hare: 
along the top of the back do iky, mixed with grey : 
fides and belly of a vyhitifh grey : four toes on the 
fore feet, three behind* : tail fcarce vifible: ihape 
of the body thick and clumfy : length ten inches. - 
Inhabits the mountains near the Cape of Good 
Hope , where it is called Kaapfche Dafs , Klip Dafs**\ 
or Cape Badger : burrows under ground : is efteemed 
very good meat. 
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LeRats mufques, Pilorisr Roche- hijl. Antilles, II. 302. de Buffon> 183, Mujk* 
fyrt Antilles, I. 288. Du Dertre x. 2. 
C. of a black or tan color on the upper part of its 
body : white on the belly : tail very ihort f : almoit 
as big as a Rabbet. 
Inhabits Martinico and the reft of the Antilles : 
burrows like a rabbet: fmells fo ftrong of muik, 
that its retreat may be traced by the perfume: an 
obfeure fpecies, never examined by a naturalift. 
* Dottor Pallas fays he has feen a variety with five toes behind. 
** Kolben Dutch edition , as quoted by Dr. Pallas . La Caille men-* 
tions this fpecies under the name of, Marmot. 
t Nou'v.jvoy. aux ijles de PA?nerique 3 I. 438. 
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