LEMUR 141 



d* Forehead and whiskers yellowish 



white L. rufus. 



b." Greater portion of head white. 



a."' Body dark brown speckled L. albifrons. 



b."' Body orange red L. cinereiceps. 



c." Head and body all black. 



a."' No upstanding crest on forehead. . .L. macaco, 

 b."' With upstanding crest on fore- 

 head L. nigerrimus. 



b.' Tail with annulations L. catta. 



b. With ruff on sides of neck, color exceedingly variable. 



a.' Colors mostly black and white L. variegatus. 



b.' Colors mostly red L. v. ruber. 



Lemur mongoz Linnaeus. 



The Mongooz Edw., Glean. Nat. Hist, 1785, p. 12, pi. CXXVI. 



Lemur mongoz Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 44; Erxl., Reg. Anim., 

 1777, p. 66; Gmel., Syst. Nat.. I, 1788, p. 42; Shaw, Genl. 

 Zool., I, 1800, pp. 96, 112. pi. XXXHI; Fisch., Anat. Maki, 

 1804, p. 19; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 267; 

 \\ 1855, p. 44, excl. syn. ; van d. Hoev., Tijdsch. Natur. 

 Geschied., XI, 1844, p. 34 ; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, 

 p. 168, fig. ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., 

 fasc. I, 1856, pp. 216, 219; Schleg., Naderl. Tijdsch. Dierk., 

 HI. 1866, p. 75; Schleg. and Pollen, Faun. Madag., II, 1868, 

 p. 4; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 231, excl. syn.; 

 Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 312; Anders., Cat. 

 Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc, 1861, p. 93; Major, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1901, p. 249; Elliot. Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., 

 VHI, 1906, p. 544, Zool. Ser. 



Prosimia mongos Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 65; Less., Man. 

 Mamm., 1827, p. 62. 



Lemur albimanus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 

 1812, p. 161; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 72; Gerv., 

 Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, p. 167; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. 

 Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 215, 219; A. Milne- 

 Edw. et Oust., Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., X, 1888. p. 

 282; A. Milne-Edw. et Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., 1890, 

 Atl., II, pis. CLVII, CLXII, CLXIV, CLXV, figs. 1, 2; 

 Lorenz, Abhand. Senckenb. Natur. Geschied., XXI, 1898. p. 

 450, pi. XXXIII, fig. 2. 



