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than twenty inches long. The teeth were thirty- 

 two in number; sixteen above and the same num- 

 ber below: four cutting-teeth, two canine, and 

 two grinders, on each side: the two superior ca- 

 nine teeth much longer than the inferior ones. 

 It was of a mild and gentle disposition, and even 

 timid. It eat bread, fruits, and roots. The 

 Count de Buffon repeats what he had before ob- 

 served, that the Exquima of Marcgrave is a very 

 different animal, being a native of America ; 

 having a prehensile tail, and consequently be- 

 longing to a different division in the genus. 

 With respect to the variety above-mentioned, it 

 should seem to be the same with the Diana of 

 Linnaeus, differing chiefly in the want of the white 

 band along the outside of the thighs. 



LONG-NOSED MONKEY. 



Simia Nasuta. S. caudata nigro-femiginea, subtus albido-cinereay 



facie elongata nuda incarnata* 

 Blackish-ferruginous long-tailed Monkey, pale ash-coloured 



beneath, with long naked flesh-coloured face. 

 La Guenon a museau allonge. Buff, suppl. 7. /». 60. //. 15. 



Two remarkable Monkies are represented in Mr. 

 Pennant's History of Quadrupeds, from drawings 

 by a Mr. Paillou. The one is called the Long-nosed 

 Monkey ; it has a very long and slender nose, co- 

 vered with a flesh-coloured skin; the hair on the 

 forehead falls back : on the body and breast it is 

 Ions; : the colour of the head and upper parts is 



