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The Maucauco. 
T HIS Animal is about the Bignefs of a middling fized Cat, but the Body and: 
Limbs are of a Henderer and longer Make ; it hath a very long Tail, at lead: 
double the Length of its Body : It is long fnouted, the Head refembling very much 
that of a Fox; it has fmall (harp Teeth before, by which it feems to be capable of 
knawing. That I drew my Figure from was a Male. 
The Eyes have pretty broad Irides of a bright Hafel-Colour; the Face and Ears 
are White ; the Nofe for a good Depth is Black ; each Eye is alfo encompaffed with 
a broad Space of Black ; about the Nofe, and on the Sides of the Head and Eyebrows, 
are long ftiffifh Hairs, like the Smellers in Cats. The Head on its Crown and Hin¬ 
der-part is cover’d with darkAfh-colour’d Hair, longer than the Hair on the Face; 
the Back and Sides are of a redder Afh-Colour, but not fo Dark as the Head ; the 
Outlides of the Legs are alfo of a light Afh-Colour, not fo Red as the Back ; the 
upper Sides of the Paws are Whitifh ; the bare Skin on their Infides is Black ; the 
Fore Paws (or Hands) are like thofe of Men, or Monkies, having the Thumb very 
diftindt, and flat Nails; the hinder Paws are remarkable for having the Thumb, or 
great Toe very broad ; the Nails of the hinder Feet tend more to Points than thofe 
forwards. All its under Side and the Infides of the Limbs are covered with white Hair. 
The Hair of the whole Body is very foft and delicate to the Touch, rather Handing 
eredt like the Pile of Velvet, than lying down fleek. It has, pretty high on the Breaft, 
two fmall Nipples, placed as they are in the Monkey-Kind ; its Tail is long, and 
pretty well covered with Fur, marked alternately with broad Rings of Black and 
White; when it fleeps it reclines its Nofe to its Belly, and draws in its Paws clofe, 
in a fitting Pofture, and brings its long Tail over its Head.; When it plays it ufes a 
Sort of Galloping, with its Tail railed over its Back, as exprelTed in the fmall Figure. 
See the Profile of its Head alfo exprelTed. 
This rare Animal was brought from the Iliand of Madagafcar , by my Friend Capt. 
Jfaac Worth, Anno 1748, who touched there in his Return from India. I kept it 
alive at my Houfe for fome Time; it was a very innocent, harmlefs Creature, having 
nothing of the Cunning or Malice of the Monkey-Kind, though it has much of its 
Shape, and Manner of fitting. It differs from them principally in having a fharp 
Snout, and the Face covered with Hair ; the Genitals are alfo different, being hardly 
vifible, as in Cats. 1 take it to be of a Genus diftindl from the Monkey. I find a 
Species of it different from the above defcribed. See Mr. Petiver’s Works, Hah. 17, 
where the Figure feems to agree with mine,, only it has longer Wool or Hairs, and 
no Rings on its Tail. He fays, “ the Wool of this is Brown, foft and curled like 
“ that of a Lamb : It has feveral Properties of a Squirrel, fitting often upright when 
“ it eats, which generally is done by its Incifores , and reflecting its bufhy Tail. 
“ It was brought alive from the Illand Joanna.” His Delineation was taken by that 
celeb'ated Anatomift, Mr. William Cooper. I have feen alfo preferved in Spirits in the 
Mufeum ,f Sir Hans S/ca%e 3 another Species of this Genus, not bigger than a Squirrel. 
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