86 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 



SECTION A. (SPECIES MAJORES.) 



I. THE WEASEL-LIKE SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 

 MUSTELINUS. 



Lepikmur mustelinus, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Meth. Primates, p. 76 

 (1851); Schl. et Pollen, Faun. Madag., Mammif., p. 10, 

 pis. 4, 6, fig. 3; Schl., Mus. P. B., vii., p. 317 (1876). 



Lepilemur dorsalis, Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus. App., p. 



Characters. Fur soft and woolly ; ears rounded, naked ex- 

 cepting at the base behind ; muzzle elongated. Above, red- 

 dish-grey. Face and cheeks grey; throat white; under side 

 of body and inner side of limbs, pale grey ; tail short-haired, 

 the posterior third dark brown. Length of body, 14 inches; 

 and tail 10 inches. 



Skull large and massive ; the brain-case small and inflated ; 

 facial region long, differing in this character from L. ruficau- 

 datus ; orbits very large, thus differing from the three remaining 

 species of the larger group (A); the process of the maxilla 

 intervening between the nasal and lachrymal bones ; molar 

 teeth large. 



Distribution. This species occurs in the north-east of Mada- 

 gascar, and, according to Grandidier, in the north-western 

 corner of the island. 



Habits. The "Fitili-ki," as the natives have named this 

 animal, is found in the forests in small companies. It is 

 nocturnal in its habits, feeding on leaves and fruits. 



II. THE RED-TAILED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 

 RUFICAUDATUS. 



Lepilemur ruficaudatus, Grandidier, Rev. et. Mag. de Zool., 

 1867, p. 256. 



