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species. They are, moreover, not peculiar to the Lemurs, but 

 exist in the Squirrel, in the Domestic Cat, in the Leopard, in 

 ■Bassaricyon} the Otter, various Marsupials, and doubtless in 



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Fig. 258. — A, left arm of HcqKdemur griseus S . «, Teat ; ?;, spines on arm gland ; c, 

 tactile bristle. B, left foot of Nycticebus tardigradus. 1 to 5, Pads upon sole of 

 foot. (After Sutton, and I\Iivart and Murie.'^) 



many mammals wliich require a tactile organ, for these hairs are 

 associated with a large branch of the -radial nerve. 



The Lemurs have at the present time a most remarkable dis- 

 tribution. There are altogether about fifty species, referable to 

 seventeen genera. Thirty-six species are confined to Madagascar 



1 Beddard, Pruc. Zool. Hoc. 1900, p. 661. 

 - On the Ann Glands of tiie Lemurs, Proc. Zool. Hoc. 1887,. p. 369. 



