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ngton News The Evening Sta
WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1939.

[[image: viscacha]]
NEW ARRIVALS AT ZOO - The viscacha, or burrowing rodent, a relative of the chinchilla, which shares its underground home with Argentine snakes and owls. 
[[image: Patagonian wildcats]]
These Patagonian wildcats are much sought after for their fur in Southern Argentina. The ranchers have robes of wildcat fur, and their wives wear the skins in coats. This pair of cats always had their fangs and claws ready for too inquisitive sailors and passengers on the ship coming north. 
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[[image: nutrea]]
This nutrea, or coypu, was snapped this morning while washing his whiskers after a long sea voyage. Nutreas are bred for their furs in the Argentine. A soft, chocolate-colored fur lies under the coarse outer hair. - Star Staff Photos.
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