LEMURID^. 



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It is the monkey most commonly found in menageries, and led about 

 to show various tricks and feats of agility. It is certainly the most 

 inquisitive and mischievous of its tribe, and its powers of mimicry 

 are surpassed by none. With age it becomes more sullen and less 

 amenable to discipline. 



A variety, with an apparently longer tail, was brought to me at Nel- 

 lore from the Eastern Ghats, and the shikarees called it the Konda koti, 

 or hill monkey, to distinguish it from the common one ; but I had not an 

 opportunity at the time of comparing it with a specimen of the common 

 one, and must therefore, in the absence of specimens, consider it only as 

 an individual variety. 



Ceylon possesses a representative of M. radiatus in M. pileatus, Shaw 

 (sinica of Linnaeus) ; and M. cynomolgos, L., and M. carbonarius, F. 

 Cuvier, are both found in Burmah. 



The African monkeys of this sub-family belong to Cynocephalus and 

 Papio, true short-tailed baboons, of savage disposition and carnivorous 

 habits ; whilst the species of Cercojjithecus, with their long tails and 

 sombre colours, externally more resemble Presbytis. 



The family Cebid^ or Platyrhin^, with the nostrils far apart, are 

 all American. They are divided into, — 1 st, Hapalin^, or Marmosets, of 

 very small size, the ears tufted, the tail bushy but not prehensile, the 

 teeth as in the last family, but the tubercles of the molars sharp ; they 

 feed both on insects and fruit. 2nd, Cebin^, with 36 teeth, viz., incisors, 



_ ; canines, — — . molars, ; a prehensile tail ; small or of moderate 



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size ; the face often naked. They are mild and tractable in their dispo- 

 sition, and feed both on insects and fruit. 



Fam. Lemurid^. 

 Upper incisors, 4, usually in pairs ; lower ones, 4 or 2 ; molars, -- — -' 



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Nostrils terminal ; first finger of the hind-feet with recurved claw ; other 

 nails flat ; thumbs of both extremities opposable ; molars with pointed 

 and alternating tubercles. 



This highly interesting family, classed by some under the name of 

 Strepslrhini, has been lately separated into the sub-families, Indrislnce, 

 Lemurinoi, Nycticebince, and Galagince. 



The great majority are natives of Madagascar ; one genus from Africa ; 

 and two or three species from India, including Malayana. They are dis- 



