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VAN DER DECKEN'S SIFAKA. 



Type locality. West coast of Madagascar. Type in Berlin 

 Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Middle of the west coast of Madagascar on the great 

 plains between the rivers Mananbolo and Manzarayo. 



Genl. Char. Face and ears black, colors pale, various. 



Color. General color entirely white washed with yellow, or ashy 

 gray on neck and outer side of limbs ; chest, and inner side of limbs 

 rusty white ; under parts rufous ; fulvous patch at base of tail ; tail 

 white. Ex type Berlin Museum. 



Some specimens have a gray collar, others only a gray spot on the 

 neck. 



Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 78 ; Hensel, 66 ; zygo- 

 matic width, 56; intertemporal width, 32; median length of nasals, 13 ; 

 length of upper molar series, 28; length of mandible, 60; length of 

 lower molar series, 30. 



Propithecus verkeauxi coquereli (A. Milne-Edwards). 



Cheirogaleus ( !) coquereli A. Milne-Edw., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1867, 



p. 85. 

 Propithecus damonis Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, p. 112; 



Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. 



Mus., Append., p. 137; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 



847; Pollen in Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 293. 

 Propithecus verreauxi var. coquereli Milne-Edw. et Grandid., 



Hist. Nat. Madag., Mamm., I, 1875, p. 314, pi. VI. 

 Propithecus verreauxi coquereli Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Co- 



lumb. Mus., VIII, 1906, p. 542, Zool. Ser. 

 Propithecus coquereli Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 102, 



pi. XI ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 292. 



COQUEREVS SIFAKA. 



Type locality. Morondova, Madagascar. Type in Paris Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. North west coast of Madagascar between the south 

 side of Marendry Bay and the north side of Bombetok Bay, the Betsi- 

 boka River being the southern limit of its range and the Loza the 

 northern. 



Genl. Char. Face naked, and except a white center on the nose, 

 is black ; ears black, nearly hidden in fur ; colors white and maroon. 



Color. Outer side of arms from shoulder to wrist, chest, and 

 upper part of thighs dark maroon ; head, neck, body above and beneath, 

 inner side of limbs, and long hair from lower side of arms and legs 



