otoc

Updated: May 4, 2025

"Then there is the taruco, a kind of deer, the viscacha, which is a big rat, the otoc, a sort of wild dog, or fox, and the ucumari, a black bear with a white nose. This bear is often found on lofty mountain tops, but only when driven there in search of food. "The condors, of course, are big birds of prey in the Andes.

Victor [pseud.] Appleton - Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes