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Another example is pale reddish brown on upper parts, the tail buff 

 washed with reddish. There is great variation among individuals. 

 Little is known of the habits of this species, but according to Schlegel ■ 

 and Pollen (1. c.) it resembles in these respects those of M. furcifer, 

 and these two species are often seen together. It is very stupid and 

 lazy, more so than M. griseus, and the natives say they often kill it in 

 the day time with sticks. It will eat flesh. 



Lepidolemur microdon Major. 



Lepidolemur microdon F. Major, in Forbes Handb. Primates, I, 

 1894, p. 88 ; von Bardeleb., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1894, p. 

 358; F. Major, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, p. 429, fig. 6; 

 Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., VIII, 1906, p. 547, 

 Zool. Ser. 



SMALL-TOOTHED SPORTIVE LEMUR. 



Type locality. Eastern district of Betsileo Province, Central 

 Madagascar. Type in British Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern district of Betsileo Province, Central 

 Madagascar. 



Genl. Char. Similar outwardly to L. mustelinus, but molars 

 very small ; premolars of usual size ; palate longer than that of the 

 species compared. 



Color. Male. Head, back, shoulders, outer side of arms, and front 

 of thighs, chestnut ; lower part of back at rump paler ; blackish brown 

 stripe from crown to middle of back ; outer side of legs rufous ; in 

 one specimen this part is like the back ; in most examples there is a 

 narrow ochraceous stripe from the cheeks to back of neck, but this 

 is only partly shown in the type ; throat and fore neck dark gray ; chest 

 chestnut ; under parts of body and inner side of limbs yellowish gray. 

 The type has lost the tip of the tail, the portion remaining is russet ; 

 but the entire tail taken from other specimens has the basal half 

 chestnut and the remaining portion blackish brown. The type is not in 

 as richly colored pelage as are specimens procured by Dr. Forsyth- 

 Major. It was obtained by W. D. Cowan in the Ankapana Forest, 

 Eastern Betsileo, Madagascar. 



Measurements. Size about equal to L. mustelinus. Skull : occip- 

 ito-nasal length, 58 ; Hensel, 49 ; zygomatic width, 38 ; intertemporal 

 breadth, 21 ; palatal length, 22 ; median length of nasals, 19 ; width of 

 braincase, 29 ; length of upper molar series, 21 ; length of mandible, 40 ; 

 length of lower molar series, 22. Ex type British Museum. The teeth 

 are remarkable for the small size of the molars, hence the name. 



