LEMURS 



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abdomen, and two on the breast and shoulders. In this particular it resembles the 

 Asiatic lorises. This lemur is confined to the eastern portion of the province of 

 Betsileo. 



A short, conical head, large and membranous ears, and a tail shorter than the 



body serve to distinguish the so- 

 called sportive lemurs of the genus 

 Lepklolemur. Three species, or 

 races, have been described, all 

 nocturnal in habit, and living in 

 trees, where they subsist entirely 

 on leaves and fruits. One of the 

 best-known is the weasel-lemur (L. 

 miLstelinus), which is reddish grey 

 above and pale grey beneath, with 

 the throat white. 



The galagos of 



tropical Africa and 



the mouse-lemurs (Chirogaleus) of 



Mouse-Lemurs. 



RUFFED LEMUR. 



Madagascar resemble one another in having the bones of the upper part of the 

 ankle much elongated ; but the mouse-lemurs are easily distinguished bj- their 

 large and hairy ears lacking the power of folding. These lemurs have long 

 tails, and are among the smallest of the tribe, some being hardly larger than rats. 

 All have such large, round eyes that they can see the smallest object in the dark ; 



