1 /<> FAMILY LEMl'lilD/i:. POTTO, TAKSIUS. 



plaintive drawling cry, which somewhat resembles that of the 

 American Sloths. Several other genera of Lemurine animal's 

 an; found in Africa and the Indian Archipelago : of these we 

 may mention the Purodicticus or Potto, which is distinguished 



by the absence of the first- 

 ... ^ finger of the hands (Fig. 81) ; 

 the Tursiua, or "Mai-mag, in 

 which we find the bc:.es of the 

 tarsus very much elongated, 

 -_--- and the hind-legs resting only 

 upon the points of the toes, 

 as shown in Fi'_ r - [\2 ; and 

 the Otolicnus or Galayo, which, 

 with the same }>eeuliarity, 

 combines the iar^e mem- 

 branous ears of the I>;;ts, 

 which double down when the 

 animal is at rest. All these are nocturnal in their habits, and 

 feed partly upon fruits, partly upon insects, and smail mammal-, 

 birds, or reptiles. The teeth of the 

 Tarsi ers present several peculiarities, 

 which are interesting as showing the 

 tendency to irregularity in this re- 

 spect, in the aberrant forms of this 

 family ; of which tendency, a very 

 striking example will be presently 

 noticed. The upper canines are very 

 small; and the middle incisors are \< 



of gn at li ii-th and resemble canines J 

 the hr.ver incisors are only two in 

 number, and have more of the ordi- 

 nary form and direction. 



HJ3. To a family allied to the Le- 

 murs ',ve must refer a very remark- ' !!l - ; "'" '" '""' MAi "-'' 

 able, aniiiial. the (rii/f'(>j)if/t('{'t/s, or /"//////// Lemur, sometimes 

 termed the Coin/to; a naii\'e of the Moluccas, Philippines, and 

 eilier i-lands c.l' the Inli;ui Arehiptdago. Its chief peculiarity 



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