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Of the tail, one foot, four inches, four lines. 



From the occiput to the end of the muzzle, five inches, 

 nine lines. 



Of the fore-foot, two inches. 



Of the hind-foot, three inches, three lines. 



Height to the shoulder, nine inches, nine lines. 



Height in the hinder part, ten inches, six lines. 



This Coati was a male. All the parts of its body, except 

 the muzzle, the ears, and the spots of the tail, had a tint 

 of bright and brilliant red, a little more sombre along the 

 back, where the middle part of the hairs were black, but 

 red everywhere else, and of a tint somewhat paler towards 

 their extremities. The muzzle was blackish gray above, 

 and gray on the sides. The ears were black, as also the 

 lower part of the legs in front. The tail was covered with 

 transversal spots of marron on the upper part, which di- 

 vided it uniformly into eight or ten parts. The lower jaw 

 and the edge of the upper were white. 



The fur, very thick and harsh, is composed of two sorts 

 of hairs. The silky hairs are those from which the animal 

 derives its colour, the woolly are gray, and in very small 

 quantity. The eye is small and black, elongated trans- 

 versely, but destitute of any accessary organs. The ear is 

 small and rounded ; the nose, which is prolonged consi- 

 derably beyond the jaws, is terminated by a sort of glandu- 

 lous protuberance, and the nostrils are oval, open in front, 

 and are prolonged in a sort of cleft on the sides. The 

 tongue is very soft and extensible. All the feet have five 

 toes, armed with very long claws well adapted for digging. 

 The three middle toes, equal in size, are the longest of all ; 

 the two external are shorter, and the thumb is shortest of 

 all. The soles of all the feet are naked, and covered with 

 a very soft skin. The animal in walking places only the 

 extremity of the fore-feet on the ground, and does not even 

 place the entire sole of the hind-feet on it, except when 



