686 PRIMATES 



making a noise which has been compared to the clucking of a fowl. 

 Like the rest of the subfamily they never have more than a single 

 young one at a time. 



Avahis. 1 Second upper incisor larger than the first. Upper 



FIG. 326. Propithecus coronatm. (From Milne-Edwards and Grandidier, Mammifkres de 

 Madagascar, pi. 7.) 



canine scarcely larger than the first premolar. Muzzle very short. 

 Ears very small and hidden in the fur, which is very soft and 

 woolly. Carpus without an os centrale. Tail long. Vertebrae: C 7, 

 D 11, L 9, S 3, C 23. 



One species, A. laniger, the Woolly Lemur, or Avahis, consider- 

 ably smaller than any of the last genus. It differs from them in 



1 Jourdan, Mem. de I'lnstitut, vol. ii. p. 231 (1834). 



