THE TRUE LEMURS. ie, 
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. 
_ Lemur nigerrimus, Scl., P. Z. S., 1880, p. 451, figs. 1 and 2; 
Milne-Edw. et Grandid., H. N. Madag., Mamm., pls. 154, 
155 (1890). 
Lemur macaco (nec L.), Scl., P. Z. S., 1878, p. 1016. 
Prosimta 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. 
