142 LEMUR 



Lemur anjuanensis E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 

 1812, p. 161 ; Gray, Hist. Nat. Maram, I, 1854, p. 168, fig. 

 Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 145 ; Dahlb., Stud 

 Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., 1856, fasc. I, pp. 216, 219 

 Peters, Reis. Nach. Mossamb., Zool., I, 1858, p. 21 ; Fitzing. 

 Sitzungsb. Metth. Natur. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1870, p. 627 

 Gunth., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., II, 5th Ser., 1879, p. 215. 



Mongous d'Anjouan F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1819, p. 2, pi. 

 LXXXVII. 



Lemur dubius F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1834, pi. XCIII, $. 



Prosimia bugi Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 227. 



Prosimia albimanus Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 239 ; Gray, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 139 ; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and 

 Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 75; Forbes, Handb. 

 Primates, I, 1894, p. 74. 



Prosimia brissonii Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 230. 



Prosimia collaris (nee E. Geoff.), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1863, p. 139. 



Lemur cuvieri Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 LXII, 1, 1870, p. 58. 



MONGOOSE LEMUR. 



Type locality. Madagascar. 



Geogr. Distr. North west coast of Madagascar from north of 

 Baly to Marinda, and the Islands of Anjuan, (Johanna), Comoro, 

 Mohilla, and Nossi-be. 



Genl. Char. Nose white never black ; rufous patch on throat ; 

 hands sometimes white. 



Color. Male. Face from between eyes to nostrils, and side of nose 

 and upper lip white or grayish white ; space around eyes black ; fore- 

 head grizzled black and gray of varying intensity ; cheeks, and beneath 

 ears rufous in some specimens, continuing beneath and almost meeting 

 on the throat ; top of head and neck, and in some specimens the upper 

 part of back, dark gray, hairs tipped with fulvous ; rest of upper parts, 

 and outer side of limbs brownish gray; hands and feet pale gray, some- 

 times white; a gray band across chest; rest of under parts fulvous. 

 Basal portion of tail like back, remainder iron gray grading into black 

 at tip. 



Female. Similar to male except that the cheeks, and patches 

 beneath ears, throat, inner side of arms, and upper part of chest are 

 white ; a black band across the forehead. 



