130 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



This pretty species is found in abundance in the forests of western 

 Madagascar, and it also appears to inhabit the eastern part. The 

 natives state that it is very fond of honey. It is nocturnal and its 

 chase is extremely difficult. (Schlegel and Pollen, 1868, pp. 9-10.) 



Twelve specimens were collected by the Mission Zoologique 

 Franco-Anglo-Americaine of 1929-31 (Delacour, 1932, p. 220) . 



"Near Tabiky [inland from Cape St. Vincent] , in November, 1929, 

 I found the squirrel lemur fairly common about my camp in a gallery 

 forest through savanna and low dry brush. Usually found in pairs, 

 . . . they sometimes moved about rapidly through the tops of the 

 tall trees, but more often were in the lower trees and bushes .... 



"In the rain forest on Mt. d'Ambre [in the extreme north] this 

 lemur was fairly common, and noisy throughout the night, but it 

 kept to the tops of the forest trees." (Rand, 1935, p. 95.) 



Broad-nosed Gentle Lemur 



HAPALEMUR SIMUS J. E. Gray 



Hapalemur simus J. E. Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats 



Brit. Mus., p. 133, 1870. ("Madagascar.") 

 FIGS.: Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1870, pi. 52; Milne Edwards, Grandidier 



and Filhol, 1896, pis. 122 A, 122 D (fig. 1), 122 E. 



Comparatively few specimens of this species seem to be known, 

 and the information concerning it (other than anatomical) is very 

 meager. 



<r Nose broad and truncated; . . . back iron-grey, with a rufous 

 tinge; the hairs black, with a subapical rufous band, and the lower 

 part lead-coloured; throat whitish; patch on rump at base of tail 

 yellowish" (J. E. Gray, 1870, p. 133). Forbes (1894, pp. 82-83) 

 adds the following details: ears short, covered with long hair; 

 sides of head, neck, and region round the eyes lighter than the 

 back; lower back, sides of body, and outer surface of limbs sooty 

 gray, with here and there a wash of rufous; tail, except at base, 

 sooty gray; under side of body and inner side of arms pale sooty 

 gray; no patch of spines on the arm above the wrist as in H. griseus. 

 Schwarz (1931, p. 407) gives a total length of 900 mm. 



"It would appear . . . that the distribution . . . includes the 

 whole forested region of eastern Madagascar. It has not been 

 recorded up to now from the north-west." Single specimens from 

 Nandihizana, central Betsileo, S.E. Madagascar, and from Passum- 

 bee, N.E. coast, are mentioned. (Schwarz, 1931, pp. 407-408.) 



G. A. Shaw writes (1879, pp. 133-134) of a live specimen that 

 "came from the higher-level forests on the eastern side of the 

 Betsileo, among the bamboos, on which it appears in a great mea- 

 sure to subsist. ... I have tempted it with very many different 



