( lyo ) 

 THE FOX-TAILED MONKEY. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Front Teeth in each jaw 4, placed near together. 



Canine Teeth folitary, longer than the others, diftant from the remaining 



teeth or grinders. 

 Grinders obtufe. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Blackifh-brown Monkey, with the tips of the hairs whitifh ; the tail ex- 

 tremely full of hair. 



Le Saki. 



Buff. 15. p. 88. pi. 12. 

 Fox-tailed Monkey. 



Pennant. Hi/i. ^adr. p. 207, 



THIS fpecles of Monkey is diftinguifhed from all the reft of its genus 

 by the unufual appearance of its tail, which is thickly coated with hair of 

 extraordinary length. It is a native of Guiana in South America. 



The general colour of this fpecics is a deep brown, which is fometimes ac- 

 companied with a ferruginous tinge j and in feme the tips of all the hairs are 

 whitilh. The face is always coated with white downy hair, and is furrounded 

 by a fort of beard, of fomewhat longer hairs than thofe on the face. The 

 under parts of the body incline to whitifh. The claws on all the feet are 

 iharp. It is about the fize of a large cat. 



VIVERRA 



