130 LEMUR 



GENUS LEMUR. TRUE LEMURS. 



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LEMUR Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 59; I, 1766, p. 44. Type Lemur 



catta Linnaeus. 

 Prosimia Briss., Regn. Anim., 2nd ed., 1762, p. 156. 

 Procebus Storr, Prodr. Meth. Mamm., 1780, p. 32, tab. A. 

 Maki Muirhead, Brewst., Edinb. Encyclop., XIII, 1819. p. 405, 



(Part.). 

 Varecia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 135. 



Head fox-like ; nose elongate ; eyes large ; superciliary ridges rising 

 above forehead; ears large, tufted; chin and cheeks surrounded with 

 long hair; arms shorter than legs; tail half as long as the body except 

 L. CATTA ; wrists and ankles hairy ; outside of the palm of hand, and at 

 base of fingers are fleshy pads ; mammae two, pectoral. Skull : facial 

 portion elongate ; mastoid region not inflated ; incisors small, subequal, 

 placed in front of canines, which are large and set in a notch on the 

 jaw ; all upper molars with an internal cingulum ; upper premolars 

 have one exterior cusp, with a supplementary one on the first, and the 

 second premolar has a large interior cusp ; the molars except the pos- 

 terior, have seven cusps, two interior, two exterior, a small supple- 

 mentary one in front, and two on the ridge between the exterior and 

 anterior cusps ; the posterior molar has only a front interior cusp. In 

 the lower tooth row there is a diastema between the canines and the 

 first premolars ; these last are higher than the others and have a 

 cutting edge; the lower molars except the last, have five cusps, two 

 outer, two inner and an intermediate one, which is wanting on the last 

 molar, leaving that tooth with but four. Angle of mandible not pro- 

 duced downward. 



This genus contains the typical Lemurs, with an elongate face and 

 a somewhat fox-shaped head ; the cheeks are usually surrounded by a 

 ruflf of lengthened hairs, often passing beneath the chin. The ears are 

 large with tufts on upper parts. Eyes large and round ; the arms are 

 not quite so long as the legs ; and the tail is usually long, and some- 

 times inclined to be bushy. Fleshy pads are placed on palms of hands 

 and muscles of the feet, as well as on under side of fingers, which 



