11. i Ninas. 



than the metatarsus. Tail rudimentary, very short, 

 very long, slender, and covered with hair. 



!)l 

 The great toe 



Lichanotus, HHfjer, 1811. Pithelemur, Lesson, 1840. Indris, Lacep. 

 Geoff. Iiuhi, Cuvier. Stolicnus, Flcm. 



Indris brevicaudatus. Black Indri. 



13. M. 



Blackish; ears short, rounded; muzzle, abdomen, and inside of 

 limbs greyish ; loins white. 



Indris brevicaudatus. Geoff'. Ann. Mm. xix. p. 1-17. Lemur indri, 

 Gmel. i. p. 42. Lichanotus niger, Gray. L. indri, IUir/er. Indri 

 maucaco, Venn. Quad. i. p. 228. Indri niger, Audeb. Indris, t. 7. 

 f. 1. Indri, Sonnerat, Voy, Ind. ii. t. 088; Schreb. t. 88, c. Pitlie- 

 lemur indri, Lesson, Spec. Mamm. i. p. 208. 



Var. white, called Simpoune. 



Indris albus, Vinson, Compt. Rend. lv. p. 829. 



Hub. Madagascar. 



Fig. 10. 



Jto£ 



Indris brevicaudatus. (Huxley.) 



The- claws, like those of most of the Lemuridce, when perfect, 

 are keeled, and end in an acute tip. 



Skull. Length 3" 10'", breadth 2" 3". 



The four lower cutting-teeth of the Indris occupy about the same 

 space as the six in the other genera, the central ones being broader, 

 while in the other genera, the two central pairs are very much com- 

 pressed and slender ; and the upper cutting-teeth are stronger and 

 broader ; indeed the general character of the skull is to be stronger, 

 though the teeth arc fewer. In other respects there is very little 

 (inference in the dentition. 



