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Idng hairs increafe , ■'d the 



fpme of the back, wlucii is totally jO'ercd with 

 them, and form a kind of mane from the middle 

 of the back to the origin of the t..il : They are 

 three inches k)ng, of a dirty white colour Iroin 

 the b..k to the middle, aiid afterwards of a d.irk 

 brown as far as the point. The hair on the 

 fides, as well as on the belly, is yellowith 

 white ; but it approaches more to yellow toward 

 the Ihoulders, and on the thighs, neck, breaft, 

 and head, where this yellow tindlure is mixed 

 in fome places with brown. The fides of the 

 neck are yellow ; and the legs and feet are of 

 a blackilh brown colour. There are five toes 

 on each foot. The fore foot is an inch and 

 three quarters long, the largeft toe nine lines, 

 and the furrowed claw two lines. The toes 

 are a little bended, like thofe of the rat, the 

 thumb alone being ftraight. The hind feet 

 are an inch and eight lines long, the largeft toe 

 nine lines, and the thumb half an inch. The 

 thumb is thick, broad, and at a diftance from 

 the toes, as in the apes. 1 he nail of the thumb 

 is flat ; but thofe of the other toes afe crooked, 

 and reach beyond their points. The thumb of 

 the fore foot is ftraight, and not removed from 

 the other toe. 



M. de la Borde informs me, that this animal 

 is very common in Cayenne, and that it always 

 frequents the favannahs, and other marfliy 



places. 



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