LONG-FINGERED LEMUR. 
in the Maucauccs ; and the fore-feet, or hands, 
are of a very singular stru6lure, having the two 
middie toes, or fingers, of a most uncomraon 
length, prodigiously thin, and perfecSlly naked 
except at their base, all the claws on these feet 
being sharp and crooked — that it is a gentle^ 
timid creature, much inclined to sleep ; rests 
with it's bead between it's legs ; can scarcely 
see distin6lly by day ; has fixed eyes, of an 
Gchre colour, resembling those of the Owl— 
and that it goes out by night ; burrows under 
ground ; is fond of warmth ; and feeds on 
fruitSy insedls,. &c. 
As agility is one of the habitual charac- 
teristics of the Squirrel, we cannot but think 
Gmelin, Pennant, &c. notwithstanding our 
respe6l for their talents, greatly mistaken, in 
supposing this sluggish animal of that genus. 
Indeed, it appears to us, who are no more de- 
sirous of unnecessarily increasing the names 
of genera, than of individual species, that the 
Long-Fingered Lemur, as we consent to call 
this animal, may possibly be a conne6i:ing 
link between the Lemur or Maucauco, and 
the Bradypus or Sloth. 
We 
