THE TRUE LEMURS. 73 



THE RUFOUS LEMUR. LEMUR RUFUS. 



Has a yellowish-white frontal band and whiskers. 



THE BLACK-FACED LEMUR. LEMUR NIGRIFRONS. 



Has a brownish-black band over the forehead, including the 

 eyes; muzzle, patch on top of head including the ears, the 

 side of the head below the ears, sub-auricular tufts, throat and 

 under surface, grey. 



THE WHITE-FACED LEMUR. LEMUR ALBIFRONS. 



Forehead, top of head, ears, throat, and chest white. 



Pure albino varieties are also quite common. 



Distribution. The Mongoose Lemur with its numerous 

 varieties is found throughout the island of Madagascar, in 

 Mayotte, and in Anjuan or Johanna Island, one of the Comoro 

 group. 



Habits. Gregarious and diurnal, feeding on fruits, insects, 

 and small animals. 



iv. SCLATER'S LEMUR. LEMUR NIGERRIMUS. 

 Leimir nigerrimus, Scl., P. Z. S., 1880, p. 451, figs, i and 2 ; 



Milne-Edw. et Grandid., H. N. Madag., Mamm., pis. 154, 



J 55 (1890). 



Lemur macaco (nee L.), Scl., P. Z. S., 1878, p. 1016. 

 Prosimia rufipes, Gray, Ann. N. H., 1871, p. 339 (female). 



Characters. Face covered with short hair ; ears nude and 

 without tufts ; nose-pad and lower lips nude. Similar to Z. 

 macaco, but larger and more intensely black, with a raised crest 

 of upstanding hair on the head, formed by the longer fur of 

 the body terminating arcuately on the forehead. External ears 

 pinkish flesh-colour. Eyes blue, turning to green. Length, 

 16 inches ; tail, 20 inches. 



