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and face, to distinguish the animal from any of its relatives. The shoulders and upper 
part of the back are of a sooty tint, not so black as the head, and fading almost imper- 
ceptibly into palest brown on the hinder quarters and the limbs. The under parts of 
the body are very light grey, nearly white. The paws are nearly black. The tail is 
tawny at its commencement, but gradually changes its colour by the admixture of lighter 
hairs, until at its tip it is nearly white, although with a slight golden tinge. 
The hair of the tail is not so long as that of the body, which is long and rather silky 
in texture, with the exception of the fur about the lower end of the spine, which has a 
slight woolliness to the touch. As may be seen from the engraving, the thumbs of the 
PROPITHECE, OR DIADEM LEMUR.—Propithécus Diadéma. 
hinder paws are large in proportion, and suited for taking a firm grasp of any object to 
which the animal may cling; while the corresponding members of the fore-paws are not 
so largely developed, but yet can be used with some freedom. The face of the Propithece 
is not so long as that of the true Lemurs, and the round tipped ears are hidden in the 
bushy hair which surrounds the head. The length of the animal, exclusively of the tail, 
is about twenty-one inches, and the length of the tail is about four inches less. 
Resembling the Lemurs in many respects, and given to similar customs, the animals 
which are known by the name of Loris are distinguished from the Lemurs by several 
peculiarities of structure. f 
