HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 409 



The Tail-less MACAU CO. 



The MONGOOZ. 



The Tail-less Macauco is found in Ceylon and 

 Bengal, lives in woods, and feeds on fruits; is fond of 

 eggs and fmall birds, which it devours greedily. 



It is a very inactive animal, and its motions flow; very- 

 tenacious of its hold, and makes a plaintive noife. 



Its head is fmall, and nofe pointed ; each eye is edged 

 with a circle of white, which is alfo furrounded with 

 another of black ; its body is covered with a fiiort filky 

 fur, of a redcfim-afli colour ; the toes naked ; nails flat, 

 except thofe on the inner toes of the hind feet, which 

 are {harp and crooked. Its length, from the nofe to the 

 rump, is fixteen inches. 



