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animal claes in the rear of the Monkey tribe, and erves as one, to connect the gradation from that pecies to the complete quadruped, and belongs particularly to the clas called Maki. The hands are ued the ame in this pecies as in the complete Monkey, erving for every purpoe of feeding, climbing, and playing.

The noe of the Maucauco is long and lender, black on the tip; the eyes very large and fine, urrounded with a circle of black hair; the ears large and upright; the arms, feet, and toes, or claws, like the Monkey’s; the tail beautifully marked with alternate black and white rings, and is coniderably longer than the body, which is lender, of a pale brown, or ah colour, omewhat darker along the pine; neck and belly white. The hair is beautifully fine and oft, and tands erect, nearly as the pile of velvet.

The Maucauco is a native of Madagacar, and the neighbouring iles; is very good-natured and frolickome; poeing all the motion and alacrity of the Monkey, without its malice or michief, and is very cleanly; has a weak cry, is eaily tamed; in a wild tate go in troops of thirty or forty.