SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Galago. Adanson Senegal. Whitish Lemur, Shaw. I. c. 

 Icon. Geoff. Mem. sur Makis, t. 1. Ency. Meth. SuppL t. 

 2.f. 7. Schreb. t.— 

 Inhabits Senegal. 



VI. Cheirogaleus, Geoffroy. Teeth — ? ears shorty oval \ 

 whiskers large ; tail long, tufted, cylindrical, re-convolute ; 

 hair short. 



146. t 1. L. C. Major (Large Cheirogaleus). Fur deep 

 brown, particularly between the eyes ; length eleven inches. 



147. t 2. L. C. Medius (Middle Cheirogaleus.) Fur 

 lighter; eyes surrounded with black rings, length eight 

 inches. 



148. t 3. L. C. Minor (Small Cheirogaleus.) Very like 

 the former, but pale, and only seven inches long. 



This sub-genus, containing three species, was established 

 by Geoffroy, from drawings of Commerson. Geoffroy sug- 

 gests that Pennant knew the last, and confounded it with 

 his Madagascar Rat, Galago Madagascariensis. 



VII. Tarsius. (Storr). Cutting teeth i, unequal, canine i^, 

 small ; grinders ^ ; ears large, naked ; hinder legs very long ; 

 tarsi long, tail long. 



149. \. L. T. Spectrum. Fur reddish, ears half as long 

 as the head. 



Didelphis Macrotarsus. Gmel. Sys. Nat. 109. Lemur 

 Spectrum, Pallas Glires, 274. Lemur Tarsier, Shaw, 

 Zool. i. 105. Tarsius Daubentonii. & T. Pallassii. Geoff. 

 Mag. Ency. T. Spectrum, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. 168. 

 T. Macrotarsus, Illiger. prod. 74. 



Tarsier, Buf. xiii.87. Tarsier Maxic&xico. Penn. Quad. 

 1 . 23 1 . Woolly Gerboa, Penn. Quad. 298. 



Icon. Buff, xiilt. 9. Audeb. Hist. Maids, t. 1. Ency. 

 Method, t. 22. f. 5. Shaw, Zml. 1. ?. 35. 



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