. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 476 THE DUSKY PAG A. crouching in a form like our common hare. It is about thirty inches in length, and about nineteen inches high at the crupper, which is the most elevated part of the animal. At the shoulder it hardly exceeds sixteen inches. The fur of tins animal is soft and warm, and from the contrasting colors of black, white, and golden-brown, presents a very handsome appearance. Its scientific title is DolicTiotis patachonicus. The Pacas are remarkable for the extraordinary develo
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 476 THE DUSKY PAG A. crouching in a form like our common hare. It is about thirty inches in length, and about nineteen inches high at the crupper, which is the most elevated part of the animal. At the shoulder it hardly exceeds sixteen inches. The fur of tins animal is soft and warm, and from the contrasting colors of black, white, and golden-brown, presents a very handsome appearance. Its scientific title is DolicTiotis patachonicus. The Pacas are remarkable for the extraordinary development of a portion of the skull, which gives to the entire head a very singular aspect. The cheekbone is enormously developed into a large, expanded mass of bone, concave and very rough on the exterior, and smooth and concave interiorly. This enlarged bone is so enormous that its lower edge descends below the lower jawbone, and hides a considerable portion of it. Closely connected with this curious structure is a cheek-pouch, for which no use- lias hitherto been discovered. There are also -'.'.'•' T-! '>', ?::, ' ..- ???it"' ,l /<. $&$$& DUSKY PA< A paca. two large cheek-pouches which open into the mouth, and extend past the jaws into the neck. In consequence of this formation, the name of Ccelogenys, or " Hollow-cheek," has been given to this genus. The Pacas inhabit Southern America, being mostly, if not entirely, restricted to the east- ern portions of that country, and have also been found in some of the West Indian islands. The Dusky Paca is really a pretty animal, the rows of white spots which decorate its sides standing out in pleasing contrast to the rich black-brown hue with which the remainder of the fur is tinged. The throat and abdomen are white, and the lowermost of the four rows of white spots is often nearly merged into the white fur of the under portions of the body. The coloring is rather variable in different individuals. The
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