FLYING MAUCAUCO. 
are no fore-teeth in the upper jaw ; but, in tlie 
lower, there are six, which are short, broad, 
elegantly pectinated, and placed distant from 
each other. From the neck to the hands, and 
from the hands to the hinder feet, extends a 
broad skin like that of the flving squirrel ; 
and this skin is also continued from the hinder 
feet to the tip of the tail, which is included ia 
it. The body, and the external pan of this 
skin, are wholly covered with soft, hoarv, or 
black and ash-coloured, hair : but, in adults, 
the back is hoary, crossed transversely with 
black lines. The inner side of the extended* 
skin appears membranous, with small veins 
and fibres dispersed throughout ; and the legs 
are cloathed with a soft vcllow down. Each 
foot has five toes ; and, the claws being broad, 
short, and crooked, the animal very strongly 
adheres to whatever it fastens on. 
The entire length of the Flving Maucauco 
is about tlirce feet ; it*s tail, which is very 
slender, being a span long. 
This animal inhabits the countrv about Gu- 
zurat ; and is also a native of the Molucc;> 
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