The S A K I *, or Fox-tailed Monkey. 



TH E Saki, which is commonly called the 

 fox-tailed monkey^ hecaufe its tail is gar- 

 niflicd with very long hair, is the largeft of the 

 fagoins. When full grown, it is about feven- 

 teen inches long; but the largeft of the other 

 five fpecies exceeds not nine or ten. The hair 

 on the body of the faki is very long, and that on 

 the tail is ftill longer. His face is reddifh, and co- 

 vered with a whitilh down. He is eafily di- 

 ftinguifhcd from all the other fagoins, fapajous, 

 and monkeys, by the following charaders. 



Dijnndive 



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* Fox- tailed monkey, with a fwarthy fare, covered with 

 fiiort down ; fore head and fides of the face with whitifli and 

 pretty long hair; bodyw-ith long duflcy brown hairs, white 

 or yellowilh at their tips; hair ou the tail very long and bulliy, 

 lometimes black, fometimes reddiih; belly and lower part of 

 the limbs a reddiih white. Length from nofe t(t tail near a 

 foot and a half, tail longer, and like to that of a fox : Hands 

 and feet black, with claws inftead of nails ; Pemiant''sfynopf. of 

 quad. p. I 30. 



Saki. 6imia minima, capitc albido, dorfo fufco, pone rii- 

 fefcente, cauda crinita. Sakee Winkee; Br(nxin's nat. hijl. of. 

 1 Jiiiuaica, chap. ^. fed. 5. 



Czgui major Brafilienfibus ; Marcgr. p. 227. 



Cercopithecus piiis nigris, apice albido, veftitus, cauda pilis 

 Icngiffimis nigris obfita; Brifjln. quad. p. 158. 141. 



Simia pithccia, caudata, imbcrbis, vellcrc nigro, apice al- 

 bo, caada nigra, villollffima: Linn, fy ft. nat. p, 40. 



Saccawinkee ; Bancrofts Guiana, p. 1 35. 



