88 CHIROGALE 



LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES. 



1812. E. Geoff roy Saint-Hilaire, in Annates du Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Paris. 



In this paper the Author reproduces drawings of three Lemurs 

 by Commercon, reduced two thirds, upon which he establishes 

 the genus Cheirogaleus ( !) and gives to the three figures the 

 names according to their respective size of C. major, C. medius, 

 and C. minor. It is not known Avhat became of Commergon's 

 types ; they probably were not preserved. They are not now in 

 the Paris Museum, but there is a specimen there marked C. 

 major Geoff., Type, so he must have selected it to represent the 

 species he called by that name. C. medius is now in the genus 

 Altililemur, and C. minor is a Microcebus, and is the same 

 as M. murinus (Miller). 



1828. E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Cours de I'Histoire Naturelle des 

 Mammiferes. 



The Author here describes as Cheirogaleus ( !) milii, the ani- 

 mal figured by Commercon to which he had previously given 

 the name of C. major. 



1833. Sir A. Smith, in South African Quarterly Journal. 

 C. major is here redescribed as C. typicus. 



1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru- 

 manes. 

 Cheirogale major is here called Cebugale commersonii. 



1843. 7. E. Gray, in List of Specimens of Mammalia in the British 

 Museum. 



Two species are here included in the genus Cheirogaleus ( !) 

 C. smithii = Microcebus murinus, and C. typicus = C. major, 



1854. P. Gervais, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes. 



Three species are here given of Cheirogale, only one of which 

 belongs to the genus, viz., C. milii = C. major, while C. furcifer 

 and C. murinus both belong to the genus Microcebus. 



1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen der Natur 

 mit Beschreibungen. 



Various species are here included in Cheirogale, not all of 

 which belong to the genus ; C. milii = C. major Geoff., C. 

 typicus = C. major ; the others should be included in the genera 

 Myoxicebus and Microcebus, viz., C. cinereus — Myoxicebus 

 griseus ; C. olivaceus — Myoxicebus olivaceus ; C. furcifer = 

 Microcebus furcifer ; and C. smithii — Microcebus murinus. 



