THE DWARF-LEMURS. 55 
The foot in the Dwarf-Lemurs is long, on account of the 
elongation of two of its ankle-bones (the cxdoid and the navz- 
culare). 
The species of this genus are confined to the island of 
Madagascar. They are entirely nocturnal, as their large eyes 
and inflated ear-capsules might suggest. They are chiefly arbo- 
real and frugivorous. 
I, SMALL DWARF-LEMUR. MICROCEBUS MINOR. 
Microcebus murinus, Martin, P. Z. S., 1835, pp. 125. 
Galago minor, Gray, Ann. and Mag. N. H.,x., p. 255 (1842). 
? Chirogalus gliroides, Grandid., C. R., 14 Dec., 1868. 
Chirogaleus pusillus, Flower and Lydekker, Mammalia, p. 6g0 
| (1891 partim). 
Mucrocebus minor, Forsyth Major, Nov. Zool., vol. i, p. 8 
(aeo4), Taf. i, fige 2; i., figs. 5-7, r4, 15) (with: full 
synonymy). 
Characters.—Head rounded; muzzle short and pointed; eyes 
large and brilliant; ears large and naked; tail longer than body. 
Length of body, 5 inches ; of tail, 6 inches. 
Upper side, either for the most part Mouse-grey, washed with 
light rufous-brown, with the stripe down the back more or less 
distinct and somewhat darker ; or with the rufous-brown colour 
preponderating. In grey specimens the upper side of the 
tail is washed with rufous, the under side being somewhat 
lighter. Cheeks, throat, breast, belly, and inner side of limbs 
almost pure white, here and there washed with grey. Between 
the eyes a white stripe; over the eyes in grey specimens a 
rusty-brown spot. Base of the hairs slate-grey; the tips 
silvery. (Forsyth Major.) Skullvariable; the brain-case short and 
high, or long and depressed ; the facial region short ; posterior 
