128 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



"Milius' Mouse-Lemur, though a rare species, is widely distributed 

 in Madagascar" (Forbes, 1894, p. 51). 



Kaudern (1915, p. 74) records a specimen from Ste. Marie de 

 Marovoay on the Betsiboka River, northwestern Madagascar (where 

 the animal is said to be rather rare), and several specimens from 

 Andranolava, north central Madagascar. (Here again, the speci- 

 mens do not appear to have been determined subspecifically.) 



Delacour (1932, p. 219) reports only six specimens collected by 

 the Mission Zoologique Franco-Anglo-Americaine of 1929-31. 



Crossley's Mouse Lemur 



CHEIROGALEUS MAJOR CROSSLEYI (Grandidier) 



Chirogaliis crossleyi Grandidier, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 22, p. 49, 1870. 



("Forets est d'Antsianak," Madagascar.) 

 SYNONYMS: Chirogale melanotis Major (1894); Chirogale sibreei Major 



(1896). 

 FIGS.: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872, pi. 71, nearer fig.; Forbes, 1894, pi. 5. 



This subspecies is apparently even rarer than Ch. m. major. 



Upper parts rufous, especially on the head, under parts whitish; 

 head very large, rounded; orbital ring black; inner surface of ears 

 covered with dark brown hairs; tips of ears bordered with black; 

 tail short and well furred. Body, 200 mm.; tail, 120 mm. (Gran- 

 didier, 1870, p. 49.) Ears hairy inside and out, with hardly a naked 

 tip; fore parts of body strongly washed with brownish (Schwarz, 

 1931, p. 405). The tail of the type specimen of crossleyi was evi- 

 dently defective; the types of "melanotis" and "sibreei" have a 

 total length of 490-500 mm., and a tail length of 225-250 mm. 

 (Elliot, 1913, vol. 1, pp. 95-96). 



This lemur seems to be scarcely known except from the type 

 specimens of crossleyi, "melanotis" and "sibreei" These are, re- 

 spectively, from the forests east of Antsianak; from Vohima on the 

 northeast coast; and from Ankeramadinika, one day's journey to 

 the east of Antananarivo. Thus the known range extends from east 

 central to northeastern Madagascar. 



Hairy-eared Mouse Lemur; Tufted-eared Mouse Lemur 



CHEIROGALEUS TRICHOTIS (Gunther) 



Chirogaleus trichotis Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875, p. 78, 1875. (On 

 the "way from Tamantave to Murundava," Madagascar.) 



FIGS.: Gunther, 18756, pi. 15, p. 79, figs. 1, 2; Milne Edwards, Grandidier and 

 Filhol, 1897, pi. 259, fig. 9. 



Since the single specimen of the Hairy-eared Mouse Lemur was 

 described in 1875, no subsequent specimen has turned up, despite 

 the extensive collecting that has been carried on in Madagascar in 



