CHARACTERS OF THE LEMURS AND TARSIUS. 



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the tail (text-tigs. 12, A ; 15, E). In other species referred to 

 this genus, i. e. L. mougoz and L. rubriventer, tUe glandular area 

 is much less differentiate.!, the skin being n.ore closely covered 

 with tine, short hair and less distinctly folded and wrinkled. 



Text-figure 12. 



A Anal and genital area of male Lemur albifrons, sliowing the nearly nated 



-Glandular skin stretching from the root of the tail to the scrotum. 

 B. The ^2.meoi Lemurvwngoz, showing the hairy but partially wrinkled skin 



round the anus. • i , ^ i • 



C The same of female Leniiw mongoz, showing the absence of wrinkled skin 

 ■ round the anus, the long grooved clitoris (c?.), and the orifice of the urethra 

 (ti.) below that of the vagina {v.). 

 D. The same of male Lemur- catta, showing the hairy unwrinkled skin round the 

 anus and the naked scrotum. 



