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Fig. 13. 



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Lepilemur murin us 



(Mivart.) 



* Hack uniform. Species 1. 

 ** Hack with black streak, forked on forehead. Species 2. 



* Back uniform. 



1. Lepilemur murinns. B. M. 



Back pale reddish grey, undcrpart of the fur deep black ; broad 

 streak up the nose between the orbits, the cheeks, and the underside 

 whitish ; in front of the orbits on the side of the nose brown ; tail 

 rather browner, slender, rather longer than the head and body ; ears 

 rather large, rounded at the end, pale, covered with short scattered 

 hairs on the outside. 



Lemur minimis, Miller, Cim. Phy.s. p. 25, t. 13. Microcebus murinus, 

 Waterhouse, Cat. mm. Zool. Soc. p. 12. no. 90 (male), (i.ilago 

 minor, Gray, Ann. 8, May. N. IT. 1842, x. p. 257. ? Little Macaco, 

 Penn. Quad. Lepilemur murinus, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 143. 



Ilab. Madagascar : from Zoological Society. 



Miller's figures very well represent this animal, but the tail is 

 more bushy and browner than in our specimens ; the feet arc of the 

 proper size and form. The skull of tho adult male has a rather 

 longer noso than those of tho typical Qalar/o; and tho orbits are very 

 largo, but scarcely so largo as some of the species of that genus. It 

 is 1" 2.^'" long, and 9| lines broad. The two front upper cutting- 

 teeth are large and bifid, the inner ones small and cylindrical. Tho 

 upper canines arc erect; the lower ones are decumbent. Tlie first 

 and second upper false grinders are slightly conical and compressed. 



