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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. ‘Phe 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. Geofir.,.Mag. .Encycl., 2 ed. Ann. 1, p; 46 
(1796); Milne-Edwards and Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., 
Mamm., 1., 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. 
Lndris brevicaudatus, Geoffr., Mag. Encycl., 2 ed. Ann., p. 46 
(1796). | 
Indris vartegatus, Gray, Ann. and Mag. N. H. (4), x., p., 474 
(1872). 
Lndris brevicaudatus, Milne-Edwards and Grandid., Hist. Nat. 
Madag., Mamm., i., p. 336 (with full synonymy), Atlas, 
pls. x1.-xil. 
( Plate XTT.) 
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 dvafis or Propithecus, with long and tufted 
