HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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THE YELLOW MACAUCO. 



THE RING-TAILED MACAUCO. 

 (Lemur Caffa, Linn. Lc Mococo, Buff.) 



THE RING-TAILED MACAUCO is a very beautiful 

 animal, about the size of a Cat. Its body and limbs 

 are long and slender; its tail very long and marked 

 with alternate bars of black and white : in the con- 

 formation of its paws, it seems to approach the 

 Monkey kind ; but its nose is long and sharp, like 

 that of a Fox, and its ears are also large and 

 pointed : its head and throat are white ; eyes large, 

 and surrounded with black : its fur is glossy, soft, 

 and delicate, of a reddish ash colour on the back ; 

 belly white. 



