FLYING MAUCAUCO. 
This curious little animal, the Lemur Volans 
of Linnaeus, has received the appellation of. 
the Flying Maucauco ; from it's being some- 
what similar to the Maucauco, as the Flying 
Squirrel is to the Squirrel properly so called : 
both, however, having wings, like the Bat 
tribes, by which they are enabled to fly. In 
short, it is one of those animals which some- 
times so equally partake of the nature of qua- 
drupeds, and of birds, that it is difficult to de- 
cide in what rank they are most properly- 
placed ; and which, therefore, it is, perhaps, 
best to consider, in general, as a dlstin6l class, 
filling up what might otherwise seem a chasm 
in nature between the two descriptions. 
The Flying Maucauco, however, it must be 
confessed, has in it's formation but a very 
slight approximation to the winged tribes. 
It has a long head, and a . small mouth, 
viiih little round and membranous ears. There 
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