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Show 320 DISSER'!f. IV. ~ ... H 1 sT .o ·R y 0 F ME. X I C 0. ·Q UIRQ.YINCHO·, ".. fipecies of Tatu covered Wfth a fllell and ejghtcen bands (m). · l , REIN-DEER, in .Canada Ct!ribu, ~4· SAI (n), a fpecies of cercopithccus, 30· . . .. SAIMIR.I, or rather Caimiri, a curio1.1s fpec1es .of cercqpzthccuJ, 30. SAKI, a fpecies of ce1·copithecus with a long tail, 30.. . . SARI cov 11:: NNE, particular Lontra of Par~?uay, ~razll, GUiana, ~nd Oronoko. In Paraguay it is called Kya, and 111 Oronoko CaJro, and Nevi, 27. . SA Y\J, (perhaps Caju) a fpecics of crrcoptthecus, 30. vv ATER-RAT, 30. . . SuRICA TE, quadruped of South America, wh1ch, hke the Hyena, has four toes to every foot, 2.6. , . . Sv rzzERo, called by the Mexicans 'Tialmototli, a quadruped m form l'ike the fquirrel, but 'different in its mode of life, and almo!l: twice as large, 20. , 1 T A.IRA, or we~(el 0f Guiana. TAMANDUA, or rather 'Tamandua, t~e middling fpecies among 1the Ant-killers, 26. · . T AMANNOI R, the large!l: fpecies of the Ant-killers, 26. TAPE T, or Tapeto, a quadruped of South America,, refcmbling, both the hare and rabbit. The ~rue name in the Guarani langp~ge 1s Ta-piiti, 30· . . TAP'lR {a), a large quadruped of Amenca, caUed by the Spamards Anta, Danta, and Granbe.flia, and in othc.::r America11 languages, cr'apii, 'Tapiira, Beort', 'Tiacaxolotl, &c. 2 ~~ 1 , ') • TARsIER :E, .a quadruped fomething like the Marmofa) and , Tla.cZfal'f f11· 29· ' • tJ.JJ ~ (m) f<_uirquincbo, among!l: the Peruvians, Ajotocbtli, among!l: the Mexic:ms, 7'utu a~ongll. the Paraguefc, (and Armadillo among the Spania•·ds, arc all generic names of th efc fpec1es of quadrupeds. Buffon confines ·the name ~irdJitlcbo not Cirqui11co!l ns he writes it to one fin ~ le (pccies ; aa atfo tJiat of .AjfJtocbtli: • • • , n , . r , (u) Cai, not Sai as Buft'on writes it, is in the Guarani tongue 't c generic name of_ all th.e Cc,.copith~ruJ; but he confil)ea 1• t r • I J 1• ' 1 aJ,o ,to ope \pec1es. 1 " , (o) We willingly adopt the h me 9"'apir1 becaufe it is already in ufe among modcrJI :r.oplo· gifts, and is not. othcrwife equivocal. That of Grlat.btn}i is proper to the Alec ; that of .AJWl ~r Danta is likew.ifc given to the Zebu, a quadru~&e4 'lf Af1icq- very diffcrcllt·frora t~c Tap•r, TATU-H l S T 0 R Y 0 F M :g X I C 0. T ~TU!TO, a name given by count de Buff'on to that fpeeies of Tatu which is covered with two !hells and eight bands~ 21. TLACUATZIN, a curious quadruped, the female of which carries its young, after having brought them for~h, in a bag or membrane which it has under its belly. In different countries of America it hns the following names, Chucha, Churcha, Mucamuca, Jarique • Para, and Auart). The Spaniards of Mexico call it 'T!acuache. Some naturali!l:s have giv~n it the improper name of Fi/andro, and others, the extremely proper one of Diae!fuJ. Count de Bufton calls it Larigue and Carigue, changing the name Jarique, by which it is known in Brafil. 2 I. ToPoRAGNo (in the Spanilh mufarana). 30. TuzA, not Tucan, as count de Bu.ffon writes (p); in Mexican, ~ozan; a quadruped of Mexico, of the mole kind, but larger and more beautiful. 30. . V AMPIRO, great bat of America. U ARIN A, with Buffon, Ouart'ne (q); great-bearded cercopithecuJ, called in ~ito Omeco. 30. V 1 soN, or American polecat. 2 7. UrsTITI, fpecies of finall cercopithecuJ, 30. UNAU, a fpecies of floth without tail. (r) 26. CoMMON Fox. 14. URsoN, quadruped of cold countries, fimilar to but different from the beaver~ 2 5. ZoRRILLo, or Zorriglio, a fpecies of polecat (s). 27. (p) We know not if the Tuza is of the fame fpecica of quadruped which the Peruvians call 7'upu tupu. (q) The count de Buffon doubts whether the Aluattr which is a cercopithecus of a lnrge {ize, is of the fame fpccies with the Uarina; but we nfi'ure him it ia certainly of the fiune fp~: . cics, and therefore we have llOt put down the Alunta, ewhich he writes A lou ate) in this C:lt:\• lo~~;· The count de Buffonju!lly ~iOinguifhcs two fp cics of the floth, the one fllrnilh et.l with a tail, the other not; becaufc bcfides this they bear other different characters. In ~ito they cnll the lloths ~uillm: or f<_uigllac, and in Oron,oko Pr1to. The Spnni:trds cnll them Pm za, which means flothfulnefs, and Pm'co ligrro, or fwift dog, by way of anti phrnfis. '(s) Zerrillo, or little fox, is the generic name which th~ Spnn.iards give to Polecnts. Tb Mexicans call theln Epatl. In Chili Chi11ghe, and in other CO\IDt rirs of South Amcrictt Jlfajm· rito, Agnatuja, &c. Vor~. II. Tt Fron'\ 3U D{f;Slo.:RT. Vl. ~ |