. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 364 THE RODENTS OR GNAWING ANIMALS. Natiue Country The Paca is distributed over the of the greater part of South America, from Paca. Surinam in Dutch Guiana through- out Brazil to Paraguay, and is also found among the West Indies on the southern Antilles. The lonelier and wilder the locality the more abundantly is it found; in all cultivated regions its numbers have been greatly reduced. It delights in the edges of forests, wooded banks of rivers or swampy places. There it scoops out a burrow from three to six feet deep and spends
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 364 THE RODENTS OR GNAWING ANIMALS. Natiue Country The Paca is distributed over the of the greater part of South America, from Paca. Surinam in Dutch Guiana through- out Brazil to Paraguay, and is also found among the West Indies on the southern Antilles. The lonelier and wilder the locality the more abundantly is it found; in all cultivated regions its numbers have been greatly reduced. It delights in the edges of forests, wooded banks of rivers or swampy places. There it scoops out a burrow from three to six feet deep and spends the day in it sleeping. At dusk it goes out in quest of food, paying an occasional visit to sugar cane and melon plantations, in which it does considerable damage. At other times it feeds on leaves, flowers and the fruits of various plants. It lives either in couples or singly. The female gives birth to one or at the most two young in the. THE FAGA. This is the representative of a distinct sub-family among the Cavies. It is a forest animal, preferring damp localities, and a male and female usually live that the picture appropriately shows two of the species. The tail is lacking, the head thick and the coarse hair is marked by five rows of spots as shown in the picture. {Cxlogenys paca.) middle of the summer; while they suckle she keeps them hidden in the burrow and even after they are weaned she keeps them near her for a few months longer. ^ In Brazil the Paca is the commonest forest game except Agoutis and various species of Armadillos. Prince von Wied often caught it in traps in the for- ests. It is also hunted with hounds and brought to market as " royal ; There is no possibility of taking it in its burrow, but if the huntsman atten- tively examines the edge of plantations, he will soon notice the tracks of the animal under the close hedges of reed grass. There the sportsman puts out his noose, baited with an ear of corn, and the next morning he wi
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