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Quadrupeds. LXVII. Vol. IV No. 91., DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MACAUCOS., Fig. 1. The Dwarf Macauco. (Lemur pusillus.), X his pretty little animal is a native of Madagascar where it inhabits the palmtrees îivin^ on fruit. Its length is from the tip of the nofe to the beginning of the tail only "5 inches. It has the upper part of the body covered with grey-brovvn hair, the underparts are white. It eats with its forefeet holding up its tail. It has a loud piercing voice. It is of a ferocious difpofition and almost untameable., Fig. 2. The Tarsier Macauco. (Lemur macrotarsus.), The Tarsier fèems in its manners much more allied to the oppoffum than to the Lemur. The hère represented speciey is also called Daubenton in honour of the famous french naturalist of that name, It is a native' of Amboina and without its tail 6 inches long. It has very fine woolly hair of a red brown colour, naked ears and a pointed elongated fnout. Its fore and hind feet are provided with fingers and ufed as fuch by the animal., Fig. 3. The Galago. (Galago Senegalensis.), The Galago, so called by the inhabïtants of Senegal its, native, country, is a peaceful and quiet animal which lives on fruit and insects, and produces its youngones in hollow trees. Its eyes are furrounded by a cercle of dark brown colour. The ears are naked, the nails flat, except the interior toe of the hind feet next the thumb, which has a fharp claw., Fig. 4. The Tarsier Fisher. (Lemur s. Tarsius Fischeri.), This Tarsier is named after the famous Russian naturalist Fischer. In its size it is equal to the; Galago. Its uncommonly large ears, the long toes, ail armed with fharp claws, give to this animal a hideous aspect. Madagascar is its native country.
