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eyes are enormously large to allow the animals to see their 

 food in the dark. The fingers are tipped with soft pads, by 

 which the animals are enabled to move among the branches 

 in absolute silence. The teeth possess some characteristics 

 of those of the insectivorous quadrupeds ; and when they 

 bite, the wound, from the length and cutting edge of the 

 canine teeth, is very serious. In the daytime one finds the 

 Lemurs in the Zoological Gardens usually curled up asleep 

 in their cages. In captivity their food is usually bread and 

 various fruits ; but in a wild state they add lizards and 

 small birds to their frugivorous diet. They take up their 

 food in their hands like monkeys, but without raising them- 

 selves up or sitting on their haunches. 



RUFFLED LEMUR (Lemur varius}. 

 Coloured Plate III. Fig. 5. 



Though it is the most striking and handsome of its race, 

 the Ruffled Lemur is fairly typical of the ten species found 



SKELETON OF THE RUFFLED LEMUR. 



in Madagascar. The Red Lemur (Lemur ruber), the Black- 

 faced (Lemur nigrifrons) t the Collared (Lemur collaris), and 



