176 INDRIS 



72; Oken, Lehrb. Zool., 1816, p. 1178; Blainv., Osteog, At!., 

 Lemur, pis. IV, VIII. 

 Indris brevicaudatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 

 1812, p. 157; Desm., Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., XVI, 1817, p. 

 170; Id. Mamm., 1820, p. 96; Id. Diet. Scien. Nat., 1823, p. 

 129; Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 65 ; Ogilby, The Naturalist, 

 II, 1837, p. 8; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 68; Dahlb., 

 Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 20; 

 Coquerel, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1859, p. 461 ; Pollen, Tijdsch. 

 Dierk., I, 1863, p. 285 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., 1863, 

 p. 133 ; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., 1867, p. 255 ; Grandid., 

 Rev. Mag. Zool., 1867, p. 314; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs 

 and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 91 ; Id. Proe. 

 Zool. Soe. Lond., 1872, p. 848; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soe. 

 Lond., 1873, pp. 444-498 ; A. Milne-Edw. et Grandid., Hist. 

 Nat. Madag., Mamm., 1875, p. 336, pis. XI, XII ; Anders., 

 Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc, 1881, p. 94. 

 Indris indri E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 20, 



lime Legon. 



Lichanotus indri Voigt, Das Thierr., I, 1831, p. 102: van d. Hoev., 



Tijdsch. Natur. Geschied., 1844, p. 44, pi. I, fig. 5 ; Schinz, 



Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 114; Schleg., Handb. Dierk., I, 



1857, p. 19, pi. I, fig. 2 ; Huxley, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., 



1864, p. 326, fig. 



Lichanotus niger Smith, S. Afr. Quartl. Journ., II, 1833, p. 27. 



Pithelemur indris Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 208; Id. Nouv. 



Tabl. Regn. Anim., 1842, p. 9. 

 Lichanotus brevicaudatus Giebel, Die Saugeth., 1855, p. 1025 ; 

 van d. Hoev., Handb. Dierk., II, 1855, p. 1041; Wagn., 

 Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 140. 

 BLACK INDRIS. Endrina or Babakotou, and Amboanala in Madagascar. 

 Type locality. Madagascar. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern coast of Madagascar, in forests on the 

 eastern side of the high mountains between the Bay of Antongil on 

 the north and the River Masara on the south. 

 Gent. Char. Those of the genus. 



Color. The single species of this genus is so extremely variable 

 that any description given can only be regarded as pertaining to the 

 specimen then under consideration. No two individuals are exactly 

 alike and the varieties of the color patterns are only limited by the 

 number of examples in a collection. Face black or dark gray ; head. 



