ORDER PRIMATES: PRIMATES 141 



Delacour (1932, p. 219) records 18 specimens of "Lemur nigri- 

 frons" collected by the Mission Zoologique Franco-Anglo-Ameri- 

 caine of 1929-31. 



Crowned Lemur 



LEMUR MONGOZ COBONATUS J. E. Gray 



Lemur coronatus J. E. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, vol. 10, no. 65, 

 p. 257, 1842. ("Madagascar"; type locality restricted by Schwarz (1931, 

 p. 416) to "Bay of Mahajamba, N.W. coast (15 14' S.).") 



SYNONYM: Lemur chrysampyx Schuermans (1848). 



FIGS.: J. E. Gray, Zool. Voy. Sulphur, Mammalia, pi. 4, 1844; Schuermans, 

 Mem. Couronnes et Mem, Savants Strangers, Acad. Roy. Belgique, vol. 2, 

 pi. facing p. 6, 1848; Milne Edwards and Grandidier, 1890, pis. 158-161, 

 165 (figs. 3, 4), 166. 



This subspecies of northern Madagascar apparently still remains 

 very common. 



"Ashy above, limbs and beneath pale yellowish; face white; 

 orbits gray; cheeks and forehead bright rufous, with a large black 

 spot on the crown; tail thick, end blackish" (J. E. Gray, 1842, 

 p. 257). Males with red, females with whitish cheeks; anal region 

 thickly haired; tail reddish in the female (Schwarz, 1931, pp. 414- 

 415). 



"This race of L. mongoz is found in northern Madagascar, both 

 in the east and west, north of the bays of Bombetoka and Antongil 

 respectively." Specimens are recorded from: Vohemar, NE. coast; 

 Ampasimbato, Central N. Madagascar; Amber Mountains; and Bay 

 of Mahajamba. (Schwarz, 1931, p. 416.) 



Lorenz-Liburnau (1898, p. 449) records one specimen from Betsako 

 and four from near-by Ambundube, north of the Bay of Bombetoka, 

 under the name of L. mongoz nigrijrons. According, however, to 

 Schwarz (1931, p. 416), the animals of this area are coronatus. 



Delacour (1932, p. 219) reports 39 specimens collected by the 

 Mission Zoologique Franco-Anglo-Americaine of 1929-31. Judged on 

 this basis, it is one of the commonest lemurs of Madagascar. 



"Very common in the dry wooded areas of the northern savanna, 

 sometimes in rather low dense brush ; found also in dry forest on the 

 slopes of Mt. d'Ambre, up to about 800 meters. It was absent, 

 however, from the humid forest on the summit. . . . 



"The animals were very tame and the natives sometimes killed 

 them with sticks. . . . 



"Near Vohemar, DuMont and I saw a party of seven .... 



"At Tarakibany ... I saw a party of five." (Rand, 1935, p. 98.) 



