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THE RING-TAILED MACAUCO. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Six Cutting-Teeth and two Canine-Teeth in each jaw. 



Visage commonly fharp-pointed. 



Feet formed like hands, in the manner of apes. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Ferruginous-grey Lemur, with very long tail, annulated with black and white. 

 The Ring-tailed Macauco. Penn. ^adr, ed. j. i. />. 130. 

 Le Mococo. Buff. 13. 173. fl. 22. 

 The Maucauco. Edw. -pi. 197. 



TH E peculiar elegance of its appearance, and fprighdy agility of this animal, 

 give it a decided fuperiority over every other ipecies of this genus. Ever 

 aftive, lively, and playful, it equals even the cat in the lightnefs of its motions, 

 and the cleanlinefs of its difpofition ; and has the vivacity of the monkey tribe, 

 without any of their mifchievous and difagreeable qualities. 



It is a Native of the Indian idands, but is principally found in Madagafcar. 

 Its general color is a beautiful greyifh-brown, v/ith a flight tinge of reddifh : the 



G 2 abdomen 



