86 ALLEN’S NATURALIST’S LIBRARY. 
.SECTION A. (SPECIES MAJORES.) 
I. THE WEASEL-LIKE SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 
MUSTELINUS. 
Lepilemur mustelinus, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 76 
(1851); Schl. et Pollen, Faun. Madag., Mammif., p. Io, 
pls: 4, 6, -fig. $3 Schl, Mus: P. B., vil, p. sr7 (1o7or 
Lepilemur dorsalis, Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus. App., p. 
135 (1870). 
Characters—F ur 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 ro inches. 
Skull large and massive ;_ the brain-case small and inflated ; 
facial region long, differing in this character from ZL. rujficau- 
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. 
Il. THE RED-TAILED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 
RUFICAUDATUS. 
Lepilemur ruficaudatus, Grandidier, Rev. et. Mag. de Zool., » 
1967, pi 250. 
