TAIL-LESS MAUCAUCO. 
A. Considerable degree of confusion prevails 
in the actounts given by naturalists of this 
animal. It is generally held to be a Mau- 
cauco ; but some seem to consider it rather as 
a species of the Sloth, and many incline to 
admit it's affinity with that animal. Of this 
latter opinion, appears the great Linnaeus ; 
by whom it is denominated, Lemur Tardi- 
gradus. It is the Animal Elegantissimum, 
of Ray; the Cercopithecus Ceylonicus, seu 
Tardigradus didtus Major, of Seba ; the Si- 
mia Unguibus Indicis Pedum, posteriorum 
longis, incurvis, et acutis, of Brisson, and of 
the Leverian Museum ; and the Lemur Ecau- 
data, or Tail-less Maucauco, of Pennant and 
most other modern naturalists. 
Were we inclined to enter into all the par- 
ticulars of the various -opinions entertained 
by different naturalists respecting this animal, 
many of whom never beheld it, we might pro- 
bably increase the confusion which already 
exists : certain we are, that there is not, for 
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