84 MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Maucaucfr. 



painted claw ; it has no tail; there are two paps on the breaft, and two on the upper part of the 

 belly : It is a monogamous animal, or lives in focieties confiding of only one male and one female, 

 taking a mutual charge of the young ones: It is fmall, and remarkable for the elegance of its figure, 

 and the Angularity of its conformation ; having nine lumbar vertebrae, whilft all" other quadrupeds 

 have only five, fix, or feven ; the he.id is entirely round, and the muzzle almoft perpendicular to this 

 fphere ; the eyes are very large, and are placed very near each other ; the ears are large, rounded, 

 and gamifhed with three auricles on the infide, fo as to refemble a turbinated fhell : The moft re- 

 markable circumftance, which is perhaps peculiar to this animal, is, that the female clitoris is perfo- 

 rated by the urethra, fo that this organ has a perfect refemblance, both in figure and fize, to the pe- 

 nis of the male ; the hair on the body is fhort, and very foft, of a tawny colour on the upper parts, 

 and whitifh on the under parts ; the limbs are very long and {lender, and the thumbs and great toes 

 are remarkably diftindt, and much feparated from the other toes. Though named a Sloth by fome 

 writers, it is remarkably agile hi climbing trees, and has the actions of an Ape. 



26 2. Taillefs Maucauco. — Lemur ecandatus. 



Has no tail : A dark rufly line, from the rump, runs along the middle of the back tr> 

 the fore-head, where it becomes forked ; and a blackifh circle furrounds the orbits. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 1 28. pi. xxvi. Lever. Muf. 



Lemur ecaudatus, Taillefs Lemur. Nat. Mifc. pi. xxix. 



Inhabits Ceylon and Bengal. — The head is fmall, round, and broad at the fore-head; the muzzle 

 pointed ; the orbits light coloured, and furraunded with, a black circle, and the fpace between them 

 white ; the ears are fmall ; the fingers and toes naked, having fiat rounded nails, except the inner 

 toes of the hind paws, next the great toes, which have long, crooked, fharp claws : The length of the 

 body and head is about fixteen inches ; and the whole body is covered with fhort, foft, filky, afh 

 coloured and reddifh fur. It lives in the woods, is fond of fruits, eggs, and fmall birds ; is very in- 

 active, creeping flowly on the ground ; very tenacious of its hold, and emits a plaintive cry. — There 

 is fome ccnfufion among authors in their defcription of the two laft animals ; for- this ought to be the 

 Lemur tardigradus of Linnaeus and others, at leaft in its manners : This edition is guided, however, 

 in referring the Loris to that fpecies by the high authority of the Count de Buffon. 



By 3. Indri. — 2. Lemur Indri. 9. 



. Has no tail, and is of a black colour. Sonneret, It. ii. 142. t. 88. 



Inhabits Madagafcar. — This animal is about three feet' and a half high ; is eafily tamed, when 

 caught young, and is employed in hunting by the natives : Its voice is plaintive, like that of an infant ; 

 it has eight tufks, or canine teeth, in each jaw, only two cutting, or fore-teeth, in the upper jaw, and 

 four, clofe fet, in the lower ; all the feet have five toes,, furnifhed with flattened fharp nails, and the 

 great toes are very large ; the hair is filky and thick fet, white and curled on the rump, grey on the 

 face and between the hind legs, and black over all the reft of the body and limbs ; The rudiments of 

 a tail are fenfible to the touch, but not vifible through the fur, 



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