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of the tail of a golden yellow ; fore-arms, knees, breast, and sides 

 of the head of a red chestnut Inhabits forests in Brazil. 



J. albifrons. Fur black, slightly variegated with white; face black; 

 tail a little longer than the body, Act. Stockholm. 1819. 



J. rosalia, Desm. (Midas rosalia, Geoff. Simia rosalia, Lin.) Fur 

 golden red ; a long mane. About nine inches long. Inhabits 

 Guiana and Brazil. Shaw, i. pi. 25. 

 Var. A. Fur varied with red and blackish. Guiana. 

 Var. B. Fur of a bright red ; tail of the same colour, Brazil. 



J. leoninus, Desm. (Simia Iconina, Lin.) Fur brown olive ; a long 

 mane of the same colour ; face black ; mouth white ; tail black- 

 ish above, brown below ; body seven or eight inches long ; tail 

 about the length of the body Humb. Zool. Obs. t. 5. 

 A very lively animal, very irascible, and emitting a whistling sound like birds. 



Inhabits the warmer regions of South America. 



J. (Edipus, Desm. (Simia (Edipus, Lin.) Fur of a brown fawn- 

 colour above, white below, with locks of long bristly white hair ; 

 tail red in its first part, and black in the other ; about nine inches 

 long ; tail nearly double the length of the body. Inhabits South 

 America. Bujf\ xv. t t. 17 



FAMILY II. LEMURES. 



General form approaching to the quadrupeds, properly so called; 

 incisors varying in both jaws in number, form, and situa- 

 tion ; nostrils at the extremity of the muzzle ; posterior ex- 

 tremities longer than the anterior ; first finger of the hind 

 feet after the thumb terminated by a sharp turned up nail ; 

 two or four pectoral mammae ; tail, when it exists, not pre- 

 hensile. 



The Lemurs may be considered as the link between the Quadrumana and the ge- 

 nuine quadrupeds. These animals being for the most part nocturnal, Linnaeus, in 

 reference to the Roman mythology, called them Lemurs or ghosts. 



Gen. 17. INDRIS, Lacep. Cuv. Geoff. Desm. Lemur, Gmel. 

 Lichanotus, Illig. 



Incisors J, canines ]-y, molars f-f , =. 32. Superior incisors 

 united by pairs ; the external inferior ones broadest ; molars 

 with a tuberculous crown ; two pectoral mammae ; head long, 

 triangular ; posterior members pretty long ; the second toe of 

 the hind feet subulate ; tail sometimes very short, sometimes 

 very long ; fur woolly. 



I. brevicaudatus, Desm. Geoff. (Lemur indri, Lin.) Fur black- 

 ish ; tail very short. About three feet long Shaw, i. pi. 32. 

 Its voice resembles that of a child crying. It is trained to hunting by the natives 



of the south part of Madagascar. 



I. longicaudatus, Geoff. Desm. (Lemur laniger, Gm.) Fur fawn- 



