CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
Porcupine 
bushy tail, shaggy black hair, and is generally seen curled up 
in its cage. 
The Wild Cat (Felis rujfus). Some of these specimens are at 
times kept in the Lion House. 
The Golden Agouti (Dasyprocta aguti). The agoutis are small 
animals inhabiting South America and the West Indies. They 
are vegetable feeders and do great damage to sugar plantations 
by gnawing the roots of the cane. The hair of the golden agouti 
is thick and falls heavily over its hind quarters, almost conceal¬ 
ing its little, pointed, stumpy tail. The color of the hair on this 
part of the body is a bright, golden brown. 
The Spotted Cavy (Coelogenys pacd). Cavy is a name ap¬ 
plied to several species of rodents that inhabit South America. 
They do not exceed eighteen inches in length. They burrow in 
the ground and feed entirely on fruit and herbs. The guinea pig 
is derived from the species known as the restless cavy. The 
spotted cavy, several specimens of which are in the collection, 
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