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fingers, are most fitted. The young one is carried about by 

 its mother on her back, its hands grasping her arm-pits 

 tightly. The Sifakas are held in great veneration or fear by 

 the natives of Madagascar, and are never intentionally killed 

 by 'them. 



THE ENDRINAS. GENUS INDRIS. 



Indris, Cuv. et Geoffr., Mag. Encycl., 2 ed. Ann. i., p. 46 

 (1796); Milne-Edwards and Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., 

 Mamm., i., p. 330 (with full synonymy). 

 This genus is, like the first of the sub-family, monotypic, 

 no second species having rewarded the many explorers of 

 Madagascar in the long period that has elapsed since its soli- 

 tary species was discovered. This species is known as 



I. THE ENDRINA. INDRIS BREVICAUDATUS. 



Indris brevicaudaius, Geoffr., Mag. Encycl., 2 ed. Ann., p. 46 



(1796). 

 Indris variegatus. Gray, Ann. and Mag. N. H. (4), x., p., 474 



(1872). 

 Indris brevicaTidatus, Milne-Edwards and Grandid., Hist. Nat. 



Madag., Mamm., i., p. 336 (with full synonymy), Atlas, 



pis. xi.-xii. 



(Plate XII.-) 



Characters. The peculiar features of the species, as given 

 below, are necessarily those of the genus also. 



Fur long and woolly, extremely variable in its coloration. 

 Head rounded, longer than it is broad; muzzle moderately 

 long, covered with very short hairs ; fingers and toes haired to 

 the finger-tips ; external ears rounded, exserted, and more 

 developed than in Avahis or Propithecus, with long and tufted 



