Agouara

( Zool.) The Crab-eater, a carnivorous animal, allied to the Raccoons, fam. Urside, a native of South America. It equals in size an ordinary fox, to which it bears a slight external resemblance. It has derived its name of Crab-eater from its habit of feeding on all kinds of crusta ceas and mollusks, whether marine or terres trial. Fig . 54.- AGOUARA. (From Tenney's Manual of Zoology.) Agoult', (COMTESSE D'.) See STERN, DANIEL. Agout'i, n. ( Zool .) A South American animal, of the family Hystricida , ord. Rodent i a . The agoutis live for the most part upon the surface of the ground, not climbing nor digging to any depth; and they commonly sit upon their haunches, when at rest, holding their food between their forepaws, in the manner of squirrels. By eating the roots of the sugar-cane, they are often the cause of great injury to the planters. Fig . 55.-AGOUTI. Fig . 56. AGRA. - THE TAJ MAHAL.