FLOCKY MAUCAUCO. 
Jvlaucauco, is described by Sonnerat to mea- 
sure one foot nine inches from the tip of the 
nose to the insertion of the tail, and to have 
,a tail nine inches long; making the entire 
iengthj from the tip of the nose, to the ex- 
tremity of the tail, to be two feet and a half. 
It is, therefore, to be considered as one of the 
larger species of the Maucaucos. 
This animal is said by Monsieur Sonnerat 
to be a native of Madagascar. It has only two 
fore-teeth in the upper-jaw, and four in the 
imder. The ears are small j and the eyes, 
which are of a greenish-grey colour, are very 
large. All the feet have five toes each : and 
the thumbs of the hands or fore-feet, and great- 
toes of the hind-feet, have flat, rounded, nails j 
but all the fingers and toes, with these excep- 
tions, are armed with long curvated claws. 
The general colour of the Flocky Maucau-. 
CO is, on the upper part of the body and 
limbs, a pale yellowish-ferruginous; on the 
under parts, white. The tail is entirely of a 
bright ferruginous colour. The loins are a 
deep reddish-tawny ; the face i§ black. 
The 
