162 LEMUR 



themselves from branch to branch with astonishing precision, and pass 

 from tree to tree in prodigious leaps. 



Lemxjk vaeiegatus euber E. Geoffroy. 



Lemur ruber E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 

 159; Id. Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 19, lime Legon; 

 Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 66; F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 

 1833, p. 219, pi. LXXX ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I. 

 1840, p. 272; V, 1855, p. 142; van d. Hoev., Tijdsch. Natur. 

 Geschied., XI, 1844, p. 34; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 

 71 ; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, p. 166, pi. X ; Dahlb., 

 Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 213, 

 219; Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Natur. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 1870, p. 636; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 853; 

 Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 69, pi. VII. 

 Prosimia erythromela Less., Tabl. Reg. Anim., 1842, p. 10. 

 Varecia ruber Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, 

 Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 71. 

 RBD-RUFFBD LEMUR. Native name Varikossi. 



Type locality. Madagascar. Type not found in Paris Museum. 

 Geogr. Distr. Eastern Madagascar, from Bay of Antongil in the 

 north to Masindrano in the south. 



Color. Back of neck and circle around ankles white; niff, rusty 

 or orange red ; upper part and sides of body, and outer side of limbs 

 rusty red ; under parts, and inner side of limbs and tail, black. Varia- 

 tions from this style are frequently seen, but the predominant color is 

 usually some shade of red. 



Measurements. Size same as L. variegatus. Skull: occipito- 

 nasal length, 99; Hensel, 85 ; zygomatic width, 59 ; intertemporal width, 

 34 ; median length of nasals, 33 ; length of upper molar series, 36 : 

 length of mandible, 70 ; length of lower molar series, 32. 



This handsome variety of Lemur variegatus apparently ranges 

 to the south of that species on the eastern coast of Madagascar, the two 

 forms meeting at the Bay of Antongil. While exhibiting sundry styles 

 of different colorations, it is not subject to such extreme variations as 

 those shown by its relatives. Its bright color gives it a very gay and 

 attractive appearance, even more striking than that of the strongly 

 contrasted hues of L. variegatus. No especial records have been 

 given of the habits of this form, but it is not supposed that they differ 

 in any degree from those of its relative. 



