. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE GUINEA PIG FAMILYâWATER PIG. 365 dash of red or brownish yellow is distributed over the body, being nowhere sharply defined. Only the bristles around the mouth are decidedly black. An adult Capybara attains about the size of a year-old Pig and weighs about one hundred pounds. The length is over three feet, the height fiom the ground to the top of the shoulders about twenty inches. Distribution of The Capybara is distributed all over the Capy- S
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE GUINEA PIG FAMILYâWATER PIG. 365 dash of red or brownish yellow is distributed over the body, being nowhere sharply defined. Only the bristles around the mouth are decidedly black. An adult Capybara attains about the size of a year-old Pig and weighs about one hundred pounds. The length is over three feet, the height fiom the ground to the top of the shoulders about twenty inches. Distribution of The Capybara is distributed all over the Capy- South America and is found from the bara. Orinoco river to the La Plata and from the Atlantic Ocean to the foot of the Andes Mountains. Low, swampy woodland, especially water-courses and the edges of lakes and swamps, are its favorite haunts. It delights in large streams, and never leaves their vicinity unless it should some- times follow the course of small rivers or ditches emptying into much larger water-courses. In some regions it is quite numerous, and often to be en- plants and the bark of young trees and only where it exists near plantations does it sometimes make inroads on water-melons, maize, rice or sugar cares, and may then inflict considerable damage. The Capybara is a quiet animal. The first glance shows the observer that he has to deal with an extremely dull-witted and stupid creature. One never sees it playing with others of its kind. The members of a herd either graze slowly or they rest in a sitting posture. Prom time to time they turn their heads in all directions to see whether an enemy is ap- proaching. If a foe be descried they do not hurry, but run slowly toward the water When terrified they frantically rush and dive into the water with a cry. If they are not accustomed to the sight of human beings they sometimes gaze curiously at them for a long time before they scamper away. One never hears them utter any other sound than. tf. â -'â >^NVk\^»7 TH
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