CHIROGALE 95 



Chirogale melanotis Major. 



Chirogale melanotis F. Major, Novit. Zool., I, 1894, p. 25, pi, II, 



fig. 10. 

 Cheirogaleus (!) melanotis Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 



52; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., VIII, 1906, p. 



548, Zool. Ser. 



BLACK-EARED MOUSE LEMUR. 



Type locality. Vohemar, north east coast of Madagascar. Type 

 in British Museum. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. major, but ears black; fur more silky. 

 Skull smaller ; face longer ; nasals broader ; last lower molar with a 

 distinct heel. 



Color. Top of head, neck, upper parts and tail light brownish red ; 

 outer side of limbs paler ; ears and orbital ring black ; pale grayish 

 rufous stripe between eyes on to nose ; grayish stripe on side of neck 

 extending from throat ; entire under parts and inner side of limbs 

 grayish white with a yellow tint. Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 490; tail, 225. Skull: occipito- 

 nasal length, 51; Hensel, 42; zygomatic width, 31.5; palatal length, 

 20 ; width of braincase, 25 ; median length of nasals, 18 ; length of upper 

 tooth row, 15; length of mandible, i2; length of lower tooth row, 16. 

 Ex type British Museum. 



This form is very similar to C. m.\jor, but is slightly more red, 

 and can always be distinguished by its black ears. The color of the 

 tail of the two species is very much the same. 



Chirogale sibreei Major. 



Chirogale sibreei F. Major, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1896, p. 325. 



Type locality. Ankeramadinika, one day's journey east of Antana- 

 narivo, Capital of Madagascar. Type in British Museum. 



Genl. Char. Teeth larger than in C. melanotis, canines much 

 larger ; upper tooth rows only slightly divergent posteriorly ; molars 

 nearly equal, the last slightly smaller ; first upper premolar longest, the 

 third premolar shortest and broadest; palate extending beyond last 

 molars; posterior openings small and narrow; inner upper incisors 

 longer than outer ; first lower premolar canine-like, much longer 

 than the others, curved and pointed. 



Color. Forehead, around eyes, space between eyes and cheeks 

 yellowish or buffy ; top of head, neck, and upper part of body grayish 

 brown darkest on dorsal line; outer side of limbs like back; orbital 

 ring black ; inside of ears naked, black ; entire under parts and inner 



