446 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



It is found in Madagascar and the neighbouring 

 isles, is ,very playful, but not mischievous. When 

 in motion, it makes a sort of galloping progress in 

 an oblique direction, and carries it tail almost erect; 

 but when sitting, it is twisted round the body, and 

 brought over its head. Troops of thirty or forty are 

 sometimes seen together. 



It is a cleanly animal ; and when taken young, 

 may be easily tamed. 



THE YELLOW MACAUCO has been classed with 

 the Weasel tribe by Mr. Pennant, in his History of 

 Quadrupeds ; and it seems to bear some general 

 resemblance to that species of animals. Its head 

 is flat and broad ; its ears are short, eyes small, 

 body long and slender, legs and thighs short and 

 thick, and it has five straight toes on each foot ; its 

 fur is short, soft, and glossy, of a black colour, 

 mixed with yellow, on the back ; the cheeks, inside 

 of the legs, and belly, yellow ; along the back, from 

 head to tail, there is a broad, dusky stripe ; and 

 another on the belly, half way from the tail, which 

 is nearly as long as its body, of a bright tawny 

 colour, mixed with black, and has the same pre- 

 hensile faculty as those of some kinds of Monkies. 

 Its length, from nose to tail, is nineteen inches. 



One of this species was shewn in London some 

 years ago, and was said to have been brought from 

 Jamaica, where it is called the Potto. It was good- 

 natured and sportive, would catch hold of any thing 

 with its tail, and suspend itself by it. 



