QALEOPITHECID^:. 97 



Cuvier refused to use the name proposed by GeofFroy, 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. 



Daubentonia madagascariensis, Geof. ,• Dahlbom, Studier, p. 230, 

 t. 12. Aye- Aye, Sonnerat, Voy. hid. ii. p. 138, t. 70, 1782. Sciu- 

 rus madagascariensis, Gmelin. Choiromys madagascariensis, Geoff. 

 180/5 ; Owen, Trans. Zool Soc. 1803. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



Suborder III. DERMOPTERA. 



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

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



Fam. VII. GALEOPITHECIML 



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

 lower shelving, pectinate. Canines j . \ ; like the molars. Grinders 

 £ . f . 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. 



Galeopithecidre, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825; P. Z. S. 1803, p. 151. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



1. GALEoriTHECus. Tail and arms moderate. 



2. Galeolemur. Tail and arms elongate. 



1. GALEOPITHECUS. 



Tail moderate, of 1G or 17 vertebrcc. Arms moderate. 

 Galeopithecus, Pallas, p. 17 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1803. Chiromys, IUiger. 



* Nose of skull elongate, as long as broad. Grinders small. False grinders 

 elongate, narrow. Gony.v of lower jaw swollen. Galeopithecus. 



1. Galeopithecus volans. The Colugo. B. M. 



The second and third upper grinders low, broader than high, with 

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

 The first lower five-lobcd ; the second compressed, serrated. Skull 

 elongate ; temporal ridges separate behind. 



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

 variogatus, Geoff. G. ruius, Geoff. P d. ternatensis, Geoff. G. 

 Temminckii, Watrrh. P. Z. &'. 1838, p. 120. G. undatus, A. Wag- 

 ner; Schreb. Siiugcth. i. p. 320, t. 307 b. G. Temminckii, Waterh. 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. 



Ilab. Java ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Siam. 



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