FLOCKY MAUCAUCO« 
at but, when measured according to the curvature 
le of the bodv, it is a foot and two lines. The 
le [length of the head, from the tip pf the nose to 
)f the hinder part, is two inches and five lines, 
e The tail, which is fifteen inches long, and of 
e one uniform thickness, is of the same colour as 
k \he body : the tip, however, is rather deeper 
c than the rest, and the fur on this part is seven 
1 lines in length. The interior toe is furnished 
; with a sharp crooked claw; the other toes have 
nails. 
Thm last peculiarity, in our apprehension, 
-almost amounts to a specific difference between 
the Little Grey Maucauco, and the Fiocky 
Maucauco, 
The other species of Maucauco, likewise 
supposed by some naturalists to be only a 
"^'arIety of the Floeky Maucauco, is described 
hy the Count De Gepede, as having fur which 
re-eaibl-s that of the preceding animal, but 
more thick, woolly, crisp, and seemingly 
•tufted, so as to make the animal have a thicker 
proportionate appearance. The head is large, 
and the muzzle not so long iri proportion as in 
the 
