“This animal was caught amongst some thickets in a valley on the flanks
of the Cordillera, near Aconcagua. On the elevated plain, near the town
of Santa Rosa, in front of the same part of the Andes, I saw two others,
which were crawling up an acacia tree, with so much facility, that this
practice must be, I should think, habitual with them.”—D.
2. ABROCOMA CUVIERI.
PLATE XXIX.
Abrocoma Cuvieri, _Waterh._, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of
London for February 1837, p. 32.
_Ab. suprà grisea, levitèr ochraceo lavata; abdomine gulâque
albescenti-griseis; pedibus sordidè albis; auribus amplis, ad
marginem posticum distinctè emarginatis; caudâ corpore multò
breviore, et nigrescente._
DESCRIPTION.—Ears large; tail considerably shorter than the body; fur
extremely soft; general colour gray faintly washed with yellow;
under parts of the body grayish white; feet dirty white; tail
dusky, paler beneath at the base: the ears are large, distinctly
emarginated behind, and appear to be almost naked, but, upon close
examination, long and extremely fine hairs may be observed. All
the fur is gray at the base; the hairs of the moustaches are
numerous and very long, those nearest the mouth are white, the
others are black at the base and grayish beyond. The incisors are
of a palish yellow colour.
In. Lines.
Length from nose to the root of tail 6 6
of tail 2 10
from nose to ear 1 4
of tarsi (claws included) 1 1
of ear 0 7
Width of ear 0 7½