220 ORDER V. 



PLATE XVIII. 



Nasua monachus. 



A SPECIMEN, which we drew from life, measured 

 from nose to tail 2' 3", the tail 1' 4", total length 

 3 feet 7 inches : the nose, lips, and lower jaw, were 

 white, that colour passing upwards to between the 

 eyes ; the three usual white spots were present, and 

 the white of the throat passed up the jowl, covered 

 the temples and space round the base of the ears, 

 and hairs within them ; it came down the breast, 

 and went round the arm above the elbow : the neck, 

 shoulder, and upper arm dirty ochry-grey; the 

 cheeks, forehead, back, flanks, under parts, thighs, 

 and base of tail, deep sepia-brown ; the four legs 

 and paws, with the rest of the tail, pure black. See 

 the Plate. We will designate it by the name of 

 Nasua monachus^ to mark its sober monk-like livery, 

 as well as the steady and sedate mode it had of 

 moving and eating, so different from the petulant 

 activity of Nasua fusca. The species is certainly 

 allied to N. solitaris ; but we doubt the identity, 

 because, in the variations of its fur, we find none to 

 correspond with the above, or with the dimensions 

 here given, the tail being still shorter. 



