THE MOUSE-LEMURS. 



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and a line down the nose, white. Hands and feet grey, the 

 hairs white-tipped. Ears short, concealed in fur, with tufts 

 of long hair on the lower part and on the space in front of the 

 ears. Tail shorter than the body, its hair short except for- 

 wards, where it is longer. 



Skull depressed and flattened ; cranial portion short. 



Distribution. — The only known specimen of this species is the 

 type in the British Museum, obtained by Crossley during his 

 journey from Tamatave to Mouroundava. 



IV. crossley's mouse-lemur, chirogale crossleyl 



Chirogaleus crossleyi^ Grandid., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., xxii., 

 p. 49 (1870). 



Characters. — Smaller than C. melanotis (Major) ; tail short and 

 very hairy. Head very large, rounded ; ears small and haired. 

 Hind-limbs longer than fore. Upper side, especially the head, 

 rufous ; under side greyish- white. Round the eyes a black ring ; 

 inner aspect of the ears dark brown, the upper border black. 

 (Grandidier.) 



Length, 8 inches ; tail, 4^ inches. 



Distribution — Crossley's Mouse-Lemur is known as yet only 

 from the forests to the east of Antsianak, in Madagascar. 



Habits. — The two species last described {Chirogale trichotis 

 and C. crossleyi) are very closely related together. They are 

 nocturnal animals, and very rare ; consequently but little is 

 known of their habits. It is, however, very improbable that 

 they depart widely from those of the better known Mouse- 

 Lemurs. 



