RliJd^tAlLfit) MAUCAUCO. 
is also black ; the face is white ; and the ears 
are ere6t. The head is covered with dark 
cinereous hair ; that of the back and sides is 
somewhat lighter, and frequently of a reddish 
hue; the hair on the outsides of the limbs is 
paler; and that on the belly, and insides of the 
limbs, is white : the whole being soft, glossy, 
and delicate ; smooth to the touch, and ere(^t 
like the pile of velvet. The ' nails are fiat, 
and the insides of the hands and feet are black. 
When the animal sleeps, it brings it's nose to 
it's belly, and it's tail over it's head. 
In somevi'hat of this attitude, though not 
sleeping, our figure of the Ring-Tailed Mau- 
cauco is delineated. The fruitwhich it holds, 
is to shew that it uses only one hand in eating. 
This animnl, wlilch is a native of Mada- 
gascar and the neighbouring islands, is ex* 
tremely gentle ; and, though it in many re* 
specfls resembles the monkey, it neither pos- 
sesses it's irreclaimabiy malicious nor mischie- 
vous habits. 
Like the nicnkcy, however, it is adlive^ • 
and 
