MAN AND APES. 



the ruffed Lemur, or Yari (Fig. 36), and the 

 white-fronted Lemur (Fig. 37). 



Lemurs are very common animals in mena- 

 geries, and live fairly in confinement. They 

 make agreeable pets, though their powerful 

 eye-teeth render an accidental bite no slight 

 infliction. 



They are exclusively natives of Madagascar, 

 as also are the other two genera of this sub- 

 family, Hapalemur and Lepilemur — the last- 

 mentioned genus being the only one of the 

 three which is furnished with a tail shorter 

 than the body. 



The species belonging to the third sub-family 

 constitute a curious group of slow-paced, tail- 

 less, or short-taijed Lemuroids (Nycticebince), 

 and contains two African and two Asiatic 

 genera. The African genera are the Potto 

 (Perodicticus), and the Augwantibo (Arctocebus) 

 (see Frontispiece, Figs. 4 and 5). The Asiatic 

 genera are the Slender Lemur (Loris) (Fig. 39) 

 and the Slow Lemur (Nycticebus) (Fig 38). 



In all these four genera the forefinger of 



