86 Lloyd's natural history. 



SECTION A. (SPECIES MAJORES.) 

 L THE weasel-like SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 



MUSTELINUS. 



Lepikmur musteliniis, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Meth. Primates, p. 76 

 (1851); Schl. et Pollen, Faun. Madag., Mammif., p. 10, 

 pis. 4, 6, fig. 3; Schl., Mus. P. B., vii., p. 317 (1876). 

 Lepikmur dorsalis, Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus. App., p. 

 135(1870). 



Characters. — Fur soft and woolly ; ears rounded, naked ex- 

 cepting at the base behind ; muzzle elongated. Above, red- 

 dish-grey. Face and cheeks grey; throat white; under side 

 of body and inner side of limbs, pale grey ; tail short-haired, 

 the posterior third dark brown. Length of body, 14 inches; 

 and tail 10 inches. 



Skull large and massive ; the brain-case small and inflated ; 

 facial region long, differing in this character from Z. ruficau- 

 daius ; orbits very large, thus differing from the three remaining 

 species of the larger group (A); the process of the maxilla 

 intervening between the nasal and lachrymal bones; molar 

 teeth large. 



Distribution. — This species occurs in the north-east of Mada- 

 gascar, and, according to Grandidier, in the north-western 

 corner of the island. 



Habits. — The " Fitili-ki," as the natives have named this 

 animal, is found in the forests in small companies. It is 

 nocturnal in its habits, feeding on leaves and fruits. 



II. THE RED-TAILED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 

 RUFICAUDATUS. 



Lepikmur ruficaudatiis, Grandidier, Rev. et. Mag.de Zool., 

 1867, p. 256. 



