4o8 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, 



which is nearly as long as its body, of a bright tawny 

 colour, mixed with black, and has the fame prehenfile 

 faculty as thofe of fome kinds of Monkies. Its length, 

 from nofe to tail, is nineteen inches. 

 » One of this fpecies was fliewn in London fome years 

 ago, and was faid to have been brought from Jamaica, 

 where it is called the Potto. It was good-natured and 

 fportive, would catch hold of any thing with its tail, and 

 fufpend itfelf by it. 



The Ring-tailed Macauco is a very beautiful 

 animal, about the fize of a Cat. Its body and limbs are 

 long and flender ; its tail very long, and marked with al- 

 ternate bars of black and white: In the conformation of 

 its paws, it feems to approach the Monkey kind ; but its 

 nofe is long and fharp, like that of a Fox ; and its ears 

 are alfo large and pointed : Its head and throat are 

 white ; eyes large, and furrounded with black : Its fur 

 is glofly, foft, and delicate, — of a reddilh-am colour on 

 the back j belly white. 



It is found in Madagafcar and the neighbouring ifles, 

 is very playful, but not mifchievous.- When in mo- 

 tion, it makes a fort of galloping progrefs in an oblique 

 direction, and carries its tail almoft erect ; but when fit- 

 ting, it is twifted round the body, and brought over its 



head. Troops of thirty or forty are fometimes feea 



together. 



It is a cleanly animal j and, when taken young, may 

 be eafily tamed. 



