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dient. The females bring forth but bne or two 

 young, which they always carry on their back. 

 They eat fifhes, worms, and infeds ; but fruits 

 are their common food. When the fruits are 

 ripe, they become very fat, and their flefh ts 

 then faid to be excellent *• • - 



DiJIinciive CharaBers of thefe Species. 



The coaita has neither cheek pouches nor cal- 

 lofuies on the buttocks. He has a very long, 

 prehenfde tail. The partition of the noftiils is 

 very thick, and their apertures are placed at a 

 fide, and not under the nofe. He has only four 

 fingers on^is hands or fore feet. Both his hair 

 and fkin are black. His face is naked and 

 tawny. His ears are alfo naked, and refemble 

 thofe of man. He is about a foot and a half in 

 length ; and his tail is longer than the body and 

 head together. He walks on four feet. 



The exquima is nearly of the fame fize with 

 the coaita, and has likewife a prehenfile tail. 

 But his colour, inftead of being black, is varie- 

 gated. The hairs on his back are black and 

 yellow, and white on the throat and belly. He 

 Jias, befiJes, a remarkable beard. Thefe diffe- 

 rences, 



* Thef are of a middle fize, yet extraordinary fat at the 

 dry feafoii, when tfie fruits are ripe ; and they are very good 

 meat, for we ate of them very pkntifuliy ; Damfier's voyagesf 

 x,l. 3./.. 330. 



