£64 
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ian. 
PORCUPINE. 
Inhabits the ides of the Indian Archipelago , and 
lives in the foreds. 
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Hoitzlacuatzin, feu Tlacuatzin leis apparentibus, cauda brevi efe 
fpinofus, Hyftrix novae Hifpa- craffo. Brijfon quad. % 6 . H. can- ; 
nise. Hernandez Mex. 323. da longiflima, tenui, medietate . 
Cuandu Brajilienjibns, Lufitanis extrema aculeorum experte, 87. 
Ourico cachiero. Marcgra-ve Bra- PL Amerkanus major, 88. 
fd, 233. Pifo Brajil, 99. 325. Hyftrix Iongius caudatus, bre- 
Iron Pig. Nicuhojfy 17. vioribus acuieis, Barr ere France 
Hyftrix Americanus, Rail Jyn. JEquini 153. 
quad. 208. Hyftrix minor leucophams, Gou- 
Hyftrix prehenfilis. PL pedibus andou. Ibid. 
tetradabtyiis, ca-uaa elongata pre- Chat epineux^, des Marchais, III. 
henfili feminuda. Lin.gyp. 76. 303. 
Hyftrix novae Hifpaniae. H. acu- 
P. with a fliort blunt nofe : long white whifkers : 
beneath the nofe a bed of fmall fpines : top of the 
head, back, fides and bafe of the tail, covered with 
fpines % the longed on the lower part of the back 
and tail, are three inches in length, very fharp,. 
white, barred near their points with black ; adhere 
clofely to the ikin, which is quite naked between 
them •, are fhorter and weaker as they approach the 
belly : on the bread, belly and lower part of the 
legs, are converted into dark brown bridles : feet 
divided into four toes : claws very long: on the 
place of the thumb a great protuberance : tail eigh¬ 
teen inches long, {lender and taper towards the end 3 
the lad ten inches is aimed naked, having only a 
few hairs on it -, has, for that length, a drong pre- 
hen file quality. 
Inhabits Mexico and Brajil: lives in the woods: 
preys not only on fruits, but poultry : deeps in the 
day? preys by night: makes a node with its nodrils 
as 
