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The foot in the Dwarf- Lemurs is long, on account of the 

 elongation of two of its ankle-bones (the cuboid and the navi- 

 culare). 



The species of this genus are confined to the island of 

 Madagascar. They are entirely nocturnal, as their large eyes 

 and inflated ear-capsules might suggest. They are chiefly arbo- 

 real and frugivorous. 



I. SMALL DWARF-LEMUR. MICROCEBUS MINOR. 



Microcebus murinus, Martin, P. Z. S., 1835, pp. 125. 

 Galago minor^ Gray, Ann. and Mag. N. H., x., p. 255 (1842). 

 ? Chirogalus glirotdeSy Grandid., C. R., 14 Dec, 1868. 

 Chirogaleus pusillus^ Flower and Lydekker, Mammalia, p. 690 



(189 1 partim). 

 Microcebus mifior^ Forsyth Major, Nov. Zool., vol. 1., p. 8 



(1894), Taf. i., fig. 2; ii., figs. 5-7, 14, 15 (with full 



synonymy). 

 Characters. — Head rounded; muzzle short and pointed; eyes 

 large and brilliant; ears large and naked; tail longer than body. 

 Length of body, 5 inches ; of tail, 6 inches. 



Upper side, either for the most part Mouse-grey, washed with 

 light rufous-brown, with the stripe down the back more or less 

 distinct and somewhat darker ; or with the rufous-brown colour 

 preponderating. In grey specimens the upper side of the 

 tail is washed with rufous, the under side being somewhat 

 lighter. Cheeks, throat, breast, belly, and inner side of limbs 

 almost pure white, here and there washed with grey. Between 

 the eyes a white stripe ; over the eyes in grey specimens a 

 rusty-brown spot. Base of the hairs slate-grey ; the tips 

 silvery. {Forsyth Afaj or.) Skull variable; the brain-case short and 

 high, or long and depressed ; the facial region short ; posterior 



