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The common hog has also run wild on one islet; all are of a black colour: the boars are very fierce, and have great trunks. The "culpeu" is the Canis Magellanicus brought home by Captain King from the Strait of Magellan. It is common in Chile. Pernety, Voyage aux Isles Malouines, p. 526.
The common European rat and mouse have roamed far from the habitations of the settlers. The "culpeu" is the Canis Magellanicus brought home by Captain King from the Strait of Magellan. These wolves are well known from Byron's account of their tameness and curiosity, which the sailors, who ran into the water to avoid them, mistook for fierceness. To this day their manners remain the same.
I have no doubt it is a peculiar species, and confined to this archipelago; because many sealers, Gauchos, and Indians, who have visited these islands, all maintain that no such animal is found in any part of South America. Molina, from a similarity in habits, thought that this was the same with his "culpeu;" but I have seen both, and they are quite distinct.
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