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MAMMALIA. 
upper half of the tail deep orange-red; rest of the tail black ; 
claws small and sharp. Size of a large squirrel. Inhabits 
Guiana. 
Family II.— Lemures. 
Form approaching to the quadrupeds who walk on all fours; 
upper and under cutting teeth varying both in form and situa¬ 
tion ; nostrils at the point of the muzzle ; posterior extremities 
longer than the anterior; first finger of the hind feet next the 
thumb, with a sharp nail; with or without a tail, which is not 
prehensile when it exists; from two to four pectoral mammae. 
Gems 16.— Indris. — Lacepede. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth \; canines J-j; grinders 
5 I 5 > total 32: the superior incisory teeth united in pairs, the 
external inferior ones broadest; grinders with a tuberculated 
crown ; head long, triangular; the ears short and rounded; two 
pectoral mammae; posterior members rather long, terminated 
by a sharp reflected nail; the toe of the hind feet is larger than 
the others. 
Indris brevicaudatus. — The Short-Tailed Indris. 
Plate VI- fig- 5. 
Face lengthened, like a dog’s; ears short, tufted ; face, ab¬ 
domen, and rump, white; all the other parts of the body bluish- 
black ; fur silky, and thick; nails flat, but pointed. Three feet 
and a half, when standing erect. Inhabits Madagascar. 
Gems 17.—Lemur.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character .—Incisory teeth *; canines J—J; grinders 
5 Z 5 J t°t a l 32; upper incisory teeth united in pairs; lower ones 
long and inclined; grinders with a tubercle on their crown ; 
head long, triangular, with a slender muzzle; ears short and 
rounded ; two pectoral mammae ; fourth toe of the feet longer 
than the others ; tail longer than the body, not prehensile; hair 
soft and woolly. 
