MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Maucauco. S9 



dark coloured. It is a lively animal, which rolls itfelf up when afleep, and carries its food in its hands; 

 it bites feverely, has a weak voice, and cannot be tamed : It is fuppoied to live in the palm trees, and 

 to feed on fruits. Perhaps the fame with the Murine Maucauco, fp. 3. ? — T. 



I05 ij. Colugo — 10. Lemur -volcins. 5. 



Has a membrane fitted for flying, which is extended from the fore-legs, along the fides, 

 all round the body. Pallas, A£t. Petrop. 1780, p. 1. Schreber, i. 146. tab. xliii. 



Cato-fimius volans, of Camell. Petiv. gaz. 14. t. 9. f. 8. Phil. Tranf. 277. n. 1065. — Wonderful 

 bat. Bont. Jav. 68. t. 69. — Flying cat, of the Ifle of Ternate. Seb. Muf. i. 93. t. 58. f. 2. 3. — FI5-- 

 ing maucauco. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 155. pi. xxvii. — Leverian Muf. 



Inhabits Guzurat, and the Philippine and Molucca iflands. -Tins lingular animal is gregarious, and 

 goes abroad only in the evening and during night, living on fruits : It has a membrane fitted for fly- 

 ing, fimilar to that of the flying fquirrel, which extends on each fide, from the head, to the fore- 

 legs, from thefe along the fides to the hind legs, and thence to the extremity of the tail ; the toes, 

 on all the paws, have fharp claws : The female has two paps fituated on the breaft, which circum- 

 ftance renders it probable that this little animal fhould be arranged with the Maftcaucos, or the ge- 

 neral race of Apes ; but the above defcription, and generic character, muft remain imperfect until a 

 more recent fpecimen be brought to Europe. According to Mr Pennant,- it has a long head, a little 

 mouth, and fmall teeth, with fmall, round, and membranous ears; the body, and outfide of the mem- 

 brane, are covered with foft, hoary, or black and afh-coloured, hairs ; the inner fide of the ikin is 

 naked, with veins and fibres difperfed over it; the lower fides of the legs are covered with foft yellow 

 down ; each paw has five toes, furnifhed with flender, crooked, and very fharp, claws, by which it 

 ftrongly adheres to any thing : It is about three feet long, from nofe to rump, and nearly the fame. 

 breadth when expanded; and the tail is flender, hairy, and about a foot in length. 



IV. BAT.-4. VESPERTILIO. 4. 



All the teeth are erecT:, fharp pointed, and (landing contiguous 

 to each other; the fore-feet are divided into very long, flen- 

 der, extended toes, which are connected together by a 

 membrane, which likewife furrounds the body, and by 

 means of which thefe animals are enabled to fly. 



The animals of this genus, as its Latin name implies *, never go abroad but during the night or 

 evening, when they fly about, in fearch of food, by means of the expanfile membrane mentioned in 

 the above generic character.. They have all fmall, obfeure, covered eyes, ill formed noftrils, and large 



mouths, 



Lucemque perofae, 



Nocle volant, feraque tenent a vefpere nomen.— Ovid. Met. iv. jz* 

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