The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . e to assign any otherconstant and positive character than the imperfection of their clavicles, thou-h the variousspecies are not without analogy in the aspect of their body and manners. They are all fromthe New Continent. The Capybara {Hydrochcerus, Erxleben)—Has four toes before, and only three behind, all of them armed with stout claws, and connectedtogether by membranes; four grinding teeth above and below, the last of which [especially in thelower jaw] ar
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . e to assign any otherconstant and positive character than the imperfection of their clavicles, thou-h the variousspecies are not without analogy in the aspect of their body and manners. They are all fromthe New Continent. The Capybara {Hydrochcerus, Erxleben)—Has four toes before, and only three behind, all of them armed with stout claws, and connectedtogether by membranes; four grinding teeth above and below, the last of which [especially in thelower jaw] are the longest, all composed of numerous simple and parallel laminae ; the anterior ofthese laminae forked towards the outer edge in the upper, and towards the inner one in the lowerteeth. Only one species is known. The Capybara (Cavia capybara, Lin.), as largeas a Siamese Pig, with very thick muzzle, shortlegs, coarse yellowish-brown hair, and no the rivers of Guiana and the Amazons,where it lives in troops: is a good swimmer, andthe largest [existing] species of the Beaver alone approaches it in The Cavies, popularly termed Guinea-pigs, {Ancsma, Y. Cuv.; Cavia, lllig.),—Are miniatiues of the Capybara, except thattheir toes are separated, and their molarshave each only a simple lamina, togetherwith a forked one externally in those above,^»p>»- and on the inside in the lower. The species best known is the common domestic Cavy, or Guinea-pig (Cavia cobaia, Pallas; Mits porcelliis,Lin.), extremely common now in Europe, where it is bred in houses, under the [mistaken] supposition that itsodour drives away Rats. It varies in colour like other domestic animals. [Six or seven species are now known,one of which, the Patagonian Cavy (C. patachonica, Pen.), is much larger than the rest, with remarkably longlimbs : the author suspected it to be an Agouti. Some separate it by the appellation Dolichntis.] The Mocos {Kerodon, F. Cuv.)—Have grinder
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