542 SPECIES OF THE GENUS ZAMCGR CHAP. 
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Ring-tailed Lemur, or the “ Madagascar Cat” of sailors. Lemur 
macaco shows a remarkable sexual dimorphism, the male being 
black, and the female—-formerly described as a distinct species, 
LL. leucomystax——being reddish brown with white whiskers and 
ear tufts. This led to a confusion with a totally distinct species, 
LL. rufipes, of which the male (regarded as distinct and called 
L. nigerrimus) 1s entirely black. This latter identification is, 
however, considered by Dr. Forsyth Major’ to be not quite 
certain at present. 
The young Lemur is at least sometimes carried by the mother 
across her belly; its tail passes round her back and then round 
its own neck. 
The Lemurs of this genus agree with those of some other 
genera in the loudness of their voice, which is constantly 
Fic. 259.—Ruffed Lemur. Lemur varius. x. 
exercised. Some move about by day and others by night. They 
are Insectivorous and carnivorous as well as vegetarian; and Mr. 
Lydekker suggests? that their abundance and hardiness is to be 
traced to this fondness for a mixed diet. Lemur catta seems to 
be the only member of the genus that is not arboreal. It lives 
among rocks where but few trees, and those much stunted, occur. 
Many species of Lemur are always to be seen in the Zoological 
Society's Gardens. Fourteen “species” have at one time or 
another been exhibited. 
Sub-Fam. 3. Galagininae.—This sub-family is found on the 
continent of Africa as well as in Madagascar; but the genera are 
1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 554. 
* Royal Natural History, London, 1894, p. 211. 
