The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands

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Title: The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas), 1850-1891
Subjects: Civilization Culture
Publisher: London Ward, Lock
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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8. PECCARY 9. ANT-EATEE. lU. GUINEA-PIG head and more slender legs than the Vicuna; both are essentially moun-tain dwellers. Both Oxen and Horses are well known to have run wild in species,namely theLlama (7),the Alpaca(6), the Gu-anaco (31),and the Vi-cuna (^2). Itis probablethat the twoformer aremerely do-mesticatedvarieties ofthe two lat-ter. TheG u a n a c 0has a longer AMERICAN ANIMALS. 845 South America since the advent of Europeans, and to exist in countlessnumbers. The American Tapir (27) is a large nocturnal animal, found inalmost allparts ofSoutliAmer-ica, a vege-table feeder,but some-times at-tackingman whenbrought tobay. ThePeccary (8),thoughsmaller, ismore fero-cious, herd-ing togetherin consider-able num-bers, andcapable of
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11. SLOTH, 12. COATIMONDI 14. K.1NKAJ0U. infl icting severe wounds with its sharp tusks. South America has a more liberal share even than North America ofpeculi ar Rodents. ifil /// /.(^^Xi^^^-^ The Por-c u p i n egroup isstrong-there, in-c 1 u d i n gthe rat-like formswithoutspines,such asthe Deguof Chili,and theTukotuko of Brazil, the Spiny Rat, the Coypu, and several Tree Porcupines. TheChinchillas of the Andes, remarkable for their beautifully-marked fur,

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