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by the cutting of the forests. But near Maroantsetra we saw what 

 might happen. Near the town itself these lemurs were scarce and 

 very wary, apparently having been hunted with guns, but once 

 away from large settlements they were very common and tame. On 

 July 22, 1930, two days northwest of Maroantsetra, I surprised a 

 party of eight in the low bushes of the ground cover in the forest. 

 They fled but a little way and I sat down to watch them. Very soon 

 the whole party came back and resumed feeding on the fruit of a 

 low bush near me. 



"Parties of these lemurs were often heard grunting and growling 

 in the forest as though fighting." (Rand, 1935, p. 98.) 



Brown Lemur; Fulvous Lemur. Maki brun (Fr.) 



LEMUR MACACO FULVUS E. Geoffrey 



L[emur] Fulvus [E.] Geoffroy, Mag. Encycl. [2d yr.], vol. 1, p. 47, 1796. 



("Madagascar." This subspecies is considered typified by specimens from 



the Tamatave region (Schwarz, 1931, p. 411).) 

 SYNONYMS: Prosimia macromongoz Lesson (1840); Lemur bruneus van der 



Hoeven (1844). 

 FIGS.: Buffon, Hist. Nat., suppl., vol. 7, pi. 33, 1789; Lacepede and Cuvier, 



1801, unnumbered pi. 



Although it is said that "this race is about the most common 

 Lemur in captivity" (Schwarz, 1931, p. 412), very little information 

 can be offered concerning it, owing partly to the confusion that has 

 long prevailed in the taxonomy and nomenclature of this specific 

 group. 



The pelage is brown above, gray below; head black; hands fulvous 

 or brown (]5. Geoffroy, 1796, p. 47). The animal is a third larger 

 than Lemur mongoz; its tail, less bushy and more woolly, tapers 

 toward the tip; rump and legs washed with olive (fi. Geoffroy, in 

 Lacepede and Cuvier, 1801, p. 3 of "Le Maki Mococo et le Maki 

 brun"). Ground color olive-brown; cheeks yellowish white (Schwarz, 

 1931, p. 410). 



"The range of this race is not completely known. It obviously 

 inhabits the coast between the Bay of Antongil and Andovoranto, 

 but may go farther south, as far as Mahanoro. In the interior it 

 appears to go into the forest-belt east of Tananarive." Specimens 

 are recorded from: Andragoloaka, S.E. of Tananarive, Prov. Ime- 

 rina; Lakato Forest, Ankay, N.E. of Tananarive, Imerina; Sakana 

 and Ambotorao, opposite the He Ste. Marie; and Tamatave. 

 (Schwarz, 1931, p. 411.) 



