126 MYOXICEBUS 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 142; 1872, p. 851; Mivart, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 613; Schleg. and Pollen, 

 Faun. Madag., 1868, p. 611, pis. Ill, VII, fig. 4a, *( Skull) ; 

 Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 361 ; Jent, Notes 

 Leyd. Mus., VII, 1885, p. 33, pis. HI; Bedd., Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1884, pp. 391-394, 396, 399; 1887, p. 369, fig.; A. 

 Milne-Edw. and Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., Atl., II, 1890, 

 pi. XXIID, fig. 2; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 81. 

 Microcebus griseus Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 107. 

 Hapalolemur griseus Sclat, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 161 ; 

 Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Natur. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1870, 

 p. 652 ; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., VIII, 1906, 

 p. 547, fig. LXXVII, Zool. Ser. 

 gray gentle lemur. Native name Bokomboula. (Schleg. and Pollen). 

 Type locality. Madagascar. No locality given. Type in Paris 

 Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern side of Betsileo Province, and northwest 

 side to Ifassy, Madagascar. 



Genl. Char. Teeth serrated ; broad pad beneath great toes ; spines 

 on forearm above wrist. 



Color. Nose covered with white hairs ; spot over eyes grayish ; top 

 of head, neck, upper part of body, and outer side of limbs dark 

 ochraceous, the hairs black tipped ; sides of head wood brown or drab ; 

 throat and chest grayish white with a reddish tinge; rest of under 

 parts dark orange buff; hands and feet blackish brown; tail dark 

 grayish brown, the hairs being yellowish at base, then black, the basal 

 coloring showing through. 



Measurements. Total length, 730; tail, 365. Skull : occipito-nasal 

 length, 58 ; Hensel, 47 ; intertemporal width, 19 ; zygomatic width, 34 ; 

 median length of nasals, 110; palatal length, 21; width of braincase, 

 27 ; length of upper molar series, 22 ; length of mandible, 39 ; length of 

 lower molar series, 19. Ex specimen in Berlin Museum from Vohemar, 

 Madagascar. 



The type in the Paris Museum is so faded from exposure to the 

 light for more than a century that the original color has disappeared, 

 and a description of the specimen would be useless. 



In their account of this species Schlegel and Pollen say, by the 

 natives in the northwest part of Madagascar it is known by the name 



♦This figure is badly drawn, or does not represent the skull of M. griseus. 

 It is altogether too broad, especially the muzzle. See Jentink, (1. c.)- 



