RING-TAILED MAUCAUCO. 
in the figure or description of any Maiicauco 
with which we are acquainted. In none of 
them does there appear to us, from their gene - 
i-ai formation, a capability of gestures equally 
repulsive with those which mark almost every 
species of the baboon. . ^ 
The Ring-Tailed Maucauco, indeed^ of 
which we are at present more particularly tq 
-,s?peak, is so far, in our judgment, from bp- 
jug what is denominated ill-favoured; that wft 
shall not be singular, we apprehend, in ac* 
knowledging our opinion, that it is really % 
pleasing and even beautiful little animal. 
It is, in size, not much larger than a com-, 
snon domestic cat ; but the body and limbs arc 
more slender, and of a longer make. ThQ 
hind legs, too, are cpnsiderably longer than 
the fore ones. The tail, from which this ani*- 
mal derives it's specliic name, is double th^ 
length of the body : It is coverctl with fur, and 
alternately marked with broad j ings of blacfc 
V aikl white. The extraordinary size ot^ the eyes. 
: very remarkable ; and they are surrounded 
, by a broad black space. The C4id of the nosi? 
is 
