LICHANOTUS. LEMUR. 543 



Genus 310. *Liclianotus. 



Lichanotus Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 181 1, p. 72. 



Type Lemur laniger Gmelin. 

 Avahi! Jourd., L'Instit., 11, 1834, p. 231. 

 Microrhynchus Jourd., These inaug. Facul. Scien. Grenoble, 



1834. (nee Megerle, 1823, Coleop.) 



956. Lichanotus laniger (Gmelin). 



Lemur laniger Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 44. 



Indris longicaudatus Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, xix, 1812, 



p. 158. 

 Microrhynchus laniger '^ our 6.., These inaug. Facul. Scien. Grenoble, 



1834. Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 638. 

 Indris laniger A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Jour., 11, 1835, p. 27. 

 Habrocebus lanatus Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., i, 184D, p. 258. 

 Avahis laniger I. Geoff., Legons Mamm. & Cat. Primates, 1851, 

 p. 69. 

 Woolly Lemur, Avahis. 



I. Adult cJ' P. Madagascar. C I. Forsyth-Major. 



Subfamily II. Lemurinse. Lemurs. 



Genus 311. Lemur. 



Lemur Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 29; i, 1766, p. 44. Type Lemur 

 catta Linnaeus. 



957. Lemur varius I. Geoffroy. 



Lemur m^acaco Schreb . , Saugth., i, 1775, p. 142, pi. xlb. (nee Linn.) 

 Lemur varius I. Geoff., Legons Mamm. & Cat. Primates, 1851, 



p. 71. 

 Varecia varia Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs & Fruit-eating Bats 

 Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 70. 



*Indri! 'E. Geofivoy, 1796, & Lichanotus Illiger, 181 1, contained the same 

 species, indris and laniger, but which however were not co-generic. Indris was 

 taken as the type of Geoffroy's genus Indri ! thus leaving only laniger for II- 

 liger's genus Lichanotus, and therefore its type, the genus antedating Avahi 

 Jourdan, usually employed for laniger, by 23 years. Also, from another point 

 of view, following the principle that the first specimen cited by an author after 

 a new genus, becomes its type, the same result is attained, indris called brevi- 

 cauda becomes the type of Indri! and laniger of Lichanotus, reducing Avahi to 

 the rank of a synonym. 



