galeopithecid-t:. 



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Cuvier refused to use the name proposed by Geoffrey, because it 

 was given in honour of a person ; but as this rule has not been 

 generally observed, the objection ceases to be operative. 



Daubentonia madagascariensis. The Aye-Aye. B. M. 



Daubeiitonia madapascarieiisis, Geoff. ; Dahlhom, Studier, p. 2-36, 

 t. 12. Aye- Aye, Sonneral, Voij. Lid. ii. p. 138, t. 76, 1782. Sciu- 

 rus madan-ascariensis, Gmelin. Clieiromys madagascariensis, Geoff. 

 1803 ; Given, Tram. Zool. Soc. 18G3. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



Suborder III. DERMOPTERA. 



Limbs enclosed in an expansion of the skin. Fingers and toes 

 short, webbed, with opposable thumbs ; claws very sharp. 



Fam. VII. GALEOPITHECIDiE. 



Cutting-teeth | ; the upper middle small ; side one compressed ; 

 lower shcl\-ing, pectinate. Canines -f • -f ; like the molars. Grinders 

 ■|.-|. Head elongate. Ears small, rounded. Limbs short, subequal. 

 Neck, limbs, and tail united by a hairy expansion, serving as a para- 

 chute. Toes and fingers short, compressed. Palm short. Teats 

 placed in pairs in a large gland. 



Galeopithecidfie, Gray, Ann. Thil. 1825; P. Z. S. 186:5, p. 151. 



Synopsis of Gexeba. 



1. Galeopithecus. Tail and arms moderate. 



2. Galeolemub. Tail and arms elongate. 



1. GALEOPITHECUS. 



Tail moderate, of 16 or 17 vertebrie. Arms moderate. 

 Galeopithecus, PaUa!<, p. 17 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1863. Cbiromys, Illic/er. 



• Nose of ahull elongate, as long as broad. Grinders small. Fal.se grinders 

 elongate, narrow. Gonyx of Imcer Jaw swolien. Galeopithecus. 



1. Galeopithecus volans. The Cohtrjo. B. M. 



The second and third upper grinders low, broader than liigh. with 

 the front and hinder edge serrated ; the first moderate, four-lobed. 

 The first lower five-lo])ed ; the second compressed, serrated. Skull 

 elongate ; temporal ridges separate behind. 



Lemur volans, Linn. Galeopithecus volans, Shaw, Zool. t. 38. G. 

 varicgatus, Geoff. G. rufus, Geoff. ? G. ternateusis, Geoff, (t. 

 Temminckii, IVaierh. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 120. G. undatus, A. Wag- 

 ner ; Schreh. Sditgeth. i. p. 326, t. 307 b. G. Temminckii, Waterh. 

 Trans. Zool. Soe. 



Hah. Java ; Sumatra : Borneo ; Siam. 



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