


begs 
-and hind limbs, and all! 
distinguished by their slender bodies and limbs, and 
by their long slender tail. The best known species 
is Callithrix sciurea, Plate Ill. fig. c., which lives in 
trees in Guiana. It is perhaps the prettiest of all 
the American monkeys, and much resembles a squirrel 
in its habits and movements. It passes the day in 
the trees, in large companies, especially frequenting 
the summits, where it is very active. 
Family Hapalide. 
(Plate IIL.) 
The Marmosets have claws instead of nails on 
the toes of all their feet, except on the great toes of 
the hind feet, which resemble hands more than their 
Sub-order II. 
The Lemurs are 
nocturnal animals which 
inhabit Africa (especially 
Madagascar) and the larger 
Asiatic islands. Their form 
is somewhat 
diate between 
and cats. 
aX 
head resembles that of a Wes 
fox. The great toe is SQyS 
opposible both on the fore 
the toes, except the second 
toe of the hind foot, are 
provided with flat nails. 

The best known} 
genus is Lemur. We} 
have figured the Maki 
(Lemurmacaco)onPlatelll. § 
fig. e., which is a slender |Suyhy 
animal, about the size of eee) 
a cat, with fine woolly fur, aw 
and a bushy tail. During & 
the day it hides in hollow \\ 
trees but’ comes out ~ 
about sunset, and wanders 
through the woods in 
Order II. 

Lemuroidea. 
(Plate III.) 










Slender Loris, 
Dermoptera. 
fore feet. They live in the summits of trees, and 
are very timid animals. The two principal genera 
are Hlapale and Midas. The first is provided with 
tufts of hair in the ears, and the second has long hair 
round the face instead. 
The Lion Tamarin (Midas rosalia, Plate III. 
fig. d.) is one of the prettiest and most elegant ani- 
mals which inhabit the forests of Brazil and Guiana. 
These Tamarins have a reddish-yellow mane, with 
a golden lustre at the ends of the hairs. They 
leap about from tree to tree like squirrels and lay 
themselves flat against the branches in the same 
manner. Their beauty and confiding ways render 
them very attractive in captivity. 
(Lemurs.) 
troops of about thirty or 
forty. It feeds on fruits, 
small birds, eggs &c., and 
inhabits Madagascar. 
Another species, the 
Slender Loris (Loris gra- 
cilts) is represented in the 
accompanying woodcut. 
It is scarcely as large as 
asquirrel, andhas slender 
limbs, no tail, very large 
eyes, and long silky fur, 
which is dull reddish grey 
and yellowishbrownabove, 
but is greyish and pale 
yellowish on the under- 
surface. This charming 
little animal inhabits the 
forests of Southern India 
and Ceylon, and Blanford 
states that the eyes are a 
favourite prescription with 
the Tamil doctors for dis- 
eases of the eyes. It sleeps 
inhollow trees by day, com- 
ing out in the evening to 
feed on leaves, fruits, in- 
sects &c. 
(Flying Lemurs.) 
(Plate IV.) 
This Order contains only the Gadleopithecide, 
animals which have been regarded by various authors 
as allied to the Lemurs, the Bats, and the Insectivora. 
They are slender creatures about the size of a cat, 
with a pointed muzzle, teeth irregularly arranged, and 
a wide membrane which encompasses the whole ani- 
mal, including the limbs and tail. This skin is covered 
with hair on both sides, and does not form an ar- 
rangement for flight, as in the bats, but serves rather 
as a parachute. ~* 
Order Ill. 

Chiroptera. 
The Flying Lemur (Galeofithecus volans, Plate 
IV. fig. f.) inhabits Malacca, the Philippines, the Ma- 
layan and Sunda Islands &c. These animals vary 
much in size and colour, and it is still uncertain 
whether there are several species, or only one. They 
begin to grow active at night, like bats, when they 
crawl slowly to the tops of the trees, with the aid 
of their long claws, in search of fruit and insects. 
Large specimens attain the length of nearly two feet. 
(Bats.) 
(Plate IV.) 
The Bats are frequently placed near the Apes, 
an account of their resemblance to them in general 
form, notwithstanding the difference in their organs 
of locomotion. Like the Apes, also, they have two 
teats placed on the breast. Bats do not fly like birds, 
by meas of feathers, and air-channels in the bones, 
but owe their extreme swiftness of flight to a skin 
which spreads between the enormously-lengthened 
fingers of their front limbs, and extends between their 
front and hind extremities, and between the latter 
