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of Madagascar, is covered with brownish black hair; its body 

 and tail are each about fifty centimeters long ; it has large, pro- 

 jecting ears and very long fingers and toes, and, though an object 

 of considerable veneration by the natives, does not appear to be 



FIG. 390. Lemur catta, the ring-tailed lemur. (From Shipley and MacBride's Zoology.) 



a very intelligent animal. Fossil Lemuroidea are not confined 

 to the same regions as the living species, but are found in 

 America and Europe, so that formerly the group had a much 

 wider distribution. The Galeopithecus, already referred to under 

 the Insectivora, is placed in this suborder by some zoologists. 



Suborder 2. Anthropoidea 



The Anthropoidea (Gr. avOpmiros, man, and elSo?, form) have 

 the brain more highly developed than any other animals. The 



