108 M1CROCEBUS 



duller than back, inner side pale yellow ; tail dark rufous, hairs black 

 tipped, basal end paler; ears large, naked, flesh color. Ex type Paris 

 Museum. 



Female. Like male, but under parts more yellowish or buff. 



Measurements. Total length, 548; tail, 331. Skull : occipito-nasal 

 length, 50; Hensel, 39; intertemporal width, 18.5; zygomatic width, 30; 

 palatal length, 21 ; width of braincase, 26 ; median length of nasals, 17 ; 

 length of upper molar series, 14; length of mandible, 30; length of 

 lower molar series, 15. Ex type Paris Museum. 



This is a moderate sized reddish colored Lemur, without any par- 

 ticular markings. The skull is highly arched, and with large bullae. 

 This species was obtained, (Schleg. and Pollen, 1. c.) in the north 

 western part of the Island Africaine. It lives in the most impenetrable 

 forests, and makes a nest a foot and a half in diameter, constructed of 

 straw and dead leaves, in which it sleeps during the day, only leaving 

 it towards night to seek its food. Only one specimen was procured, 

 which would seem to show the species was not very abundant, at least 

 in the locality where this example was discovered. 



Microcebus furcifer (Blainville) . 



Lemur furcifer Blainville, Osteog. Mamra., Primates, 1839, p. 35, 

 pi. III. 



Cheirogaleus furcifer I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XXXI, 1850, p. 

 876; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 77; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 

 1854, p. 171 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 149 ; 

 Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., 1856, fasc. I, 

 p. 223 ; Grandid., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1867, p. 64 ; Fitzing., Sit- 

 zungsb. Metth. Nat. Wiss. Wien, 1870, p. 660 ; Mivart, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, pp. 492, 502, fig. 16; Flow, and 

 Lydekk., Anim. Living and Extinct, 1891, p. 690. 



Lepilemur ( !) furcifer Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 145 ; 

 Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 621, fig. 1867, p. 960: 

 Schleg. and Poll., Recher. Faun. Madagas., Mamm., 1868, p. 8, 

 pi. V; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, 

 Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 88. 



Phaner furcifer Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating 

 Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, pp. 132, 135, Appendix; Id. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 855 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 

 1876, p. 319. 



Microcebus furcifer Major, Novit. Zool., I, 1894, p. 16; Forbes, 

 Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 59. 



