Zool. [a. Fr. acouchi, agouchi, said to be adaptation of native name in Guiana.] A small rodent quadruped allied to the guinea-pig, and agouti, sometimes called the Surinam Rabbit.
1831. Philos. Mag., X. 147. A stuffed specimen and a skeleton of the Acouchy (Dasyprocta Acuschy, Illig.) having been laid on the table.
1833. Pen. Cycl., I. 214. The Acouchi is considerably smaller than either of the foregoing species, and is at once distinguished by the greater length of its tail … In other respects it is of the same form as the Agoutis.
