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caine of 1929-31. However, the further account given by Rand 

 (1935, p. 95) indicates that these represent the subspecies olivaceus. 



Olivaceous Lemur 



HAPALEMUR GRISEUS OLIVACEUS I. Geoffrey 



Hapalemur olivaceus I. Geoffroy, Cat. Method. Mamm. [Mus. Paris], pt. 1, 

 Primates, p. 75, 1851. ("Madagascar." Type locality restricted by Elliot 

 (1913, vol. 1, p. 127) to "Ampazenambe, Madagascar.") 



FIGS.: Forbes, 1894, vol. 1, pi. 8 (ssp.?) ; Milne Edwards, Grandidier and 

 Filhol, 1896, pis. 122 C, 122 D (fig. 3). 



This subspecies appears to be considerably commoner than E.g. 

 griseus. 



It is similar to the latter but has a longer and denser pelage; 

 color olive, with a rufous tint; throat gray rather than white; 

 cheeks speckled gray (I. Geoffroy, 1851, p. 75). 



According to Schwarz (1931, pp. 408-409) , this lemur "is found in 

 the moist and wooded north-east and east [of Madagascar], prob- 

 ably as far south as Fort Dauphin." He records specimens from 

 the following localities: Mananare, Bay of Antongil; Vohemar, 

 NE. coast; Tamatave, E. coast; Analamazaotra, east of Tananarive; 

 Ambohimitombo, Tanala country, E. Madagascar; Vinanitelo, S. 

 Betsileo ; and several localities on the east coast north of Tamatave. 



Kaudern (1915, pp. 70-71) reports the animal as apparently not 

 rare in the forests west of Fenerive on the east coast, where he 

 obtained three specimens from the natives. 



Rand writes (1935, p. 95) that it is diurnal. He found it in 

 the tops of the lower trees in the rain forest, and occasionally in 

 dense thickets of bamboo on the edge of the forest. "Occasionally 

 found singly, it was more often seen in groups of two or three. At 

 Manombe in the southeast I saw two running about through the 

 forest tree tops .... Hapalemur was fairly common about camp 

 two days northeast of Maroantsetra." 



Ring-tailed Lemur 



LEMUR CATTA Linnaeus 



[Lemur] Catta Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 30, 1758. (Based upon 

 the "Maucauco" of Edwards (Nat. Hist. Birds, pt. 4, p. 197, 1751); 

 type locality, "Madagascar.") 



FIGS.: Edwards, 1751, pi. 197; Schreber, Saugthiere, vol. 1, pi. 41, 1774; Aude- 

 bert, Hist. Nat. Makis, pi. 4, 1800; Geoffroy and Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 

 livr. 5, pi. 27, 1819; Milne Edwards and Grandidier, 1890, pis. 171, 172; 

 Royal Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 211, fig., 1893-94; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 

 1906, p. 124, fig. 48; Elliot, 1907, p. 545, fig. 76; Elliot, 1913, vol. 1, pi. 5, 

 upper fig. 



