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stricted to Madagascar (see Fig. 21, p. 105). The typical 

 Lemurs (Lemwrida?) are also only found in this island 

 (see Fig. 22, p. 106). 



The second family of the Lemurine Order (Chiromyidx) 

 contains only a single genus and species, the extremely 



Fig. 23.— The Aye- aye. 

 (Chiromys madagascariensis.) 



anomalous Aye-aye, discovered by the traveller Sonnerat in 

 1780 (see Fig. 23). There are generally examples of this 

 curious animal in the Zoological Society's gardens in 

 London, but, unless especially aroused, they are seldom seen 

 by daylight. Their chief peculiarity is the long, thin, 



