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abdomen Agouti animal Aperea body Bolivia Brazil bristles British Museum brownish Capromys Capybara Cavia Caviina Cavy Chinchilla clothed colour Coypu cristata Ctenomys Cuvier Dasyprocta differs dirty white distinct Echimyina Echimys externally fold of enamel foot and nails fore foot front frontal bones genus groove hairs Hare head hind foot hinder Hystrix inches in length incisor teeth Inhabits Lagomys Length from tip Length of nasal Lepus limbs lobe Loncheres London lower jaw malar bone margin molar teeth muzzle narrow nasal bones nearly nose to ear nose to root Octodon orbits outer surface Paca palate palatine bone pale Paraguay pencilled with black Plate Porcupine quills Rodents root of tail rufous Säugth Schreb Spalacopus species specimen spines tint tip of nose toes tooth transverse upper molars upper surface vertebræ WAGNER whilst whitish Width of ditto yellow yellowish Zool Zoological Society zygomatic arch