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Cebidse. The thumb is not at all opposable, and all the fingers 

 are armed with sharp claws. The hallux, or thumb-like great 

 toe, is very small ; the tail is long and not prehensile. The two 

 genera Eapale (9 sp.), and Midas (24 sp.), are of doubtful value, 

 though some naturalists have still further sub-divided them. 

 They are confined to the tropical forests of South America, and 

 are most abundant in the districts near the equator. 



Sul-order—LEMUROIDEA. 

 Family 6.— LEMUPJD^. (11 Genera, 53 Species.) 



Genkbal Distkibution. 



Neotropical i Nearctic | Pai.^arctic 



SUB-REGiOSS. St)B-UEtiI(.)N'.S. I SuH-ii ECIONS. 



Ethiopian 

 sub-kegiovs. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



AuaTRALIAN 

 SUB-BE(JIONS. 



1.2. 3.4- — 2.3.4 



The Lemuridse, comprehending all the animals usually termed 

 Lemurs and many of their allies, are divided by Professor Mivart 

 — who has carefully studied the group — into four sub-families 

 and eleven genera, as follows : — 



Sub-family Indrisinse, consisting of the genus Indris (5 sp.), 

 is confined to Madagascar. 



Sub-family Lemurinse, contains five genera, viz. : — LemuVy 

 (15 sp.) ; Hapalemur (2 sp.) ; Microccbns (4 sp.) ; Chirogaleus 

 (5 sp.) ; and Lepilemur (2 sp.) ; — all confined to Madagascar. 



Sub-family Nycticebina?, contains four genera, viz. : — Nydiccbus 

 (3 sp.) — small, short-tailed, nocturnal animals, called slow-lemurs, 

 — range from East Bengal to South China, and to P)Orneo and 

 Java; Loris (1 sp.) — a very small, tail-less, nocturnal lemur, 

 which inhabits Madras, Malabar, and Ceylon ; Perodidicus (1 sp.) 

 — the potto — a small lemur with almost rudimentary fore- 

 finger, found at Sierra Leone (Plate V., vol. i., p. 264); Ardocebus 

 (1 sp.) — the angwantibo, — another extraordinary form in which 

 the forefinger is quite absent and the first toe armed with a long 

 claw, — inhabits Old Calabar. 



