152 LEMUR 



Lond., 1899, p. 554; 1901, p. 263; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field 

 Columb. Mus., VIII, 1906, p. 544, Zool. Ser. 



Lemur flaviventer I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XXI, 1850, p. 876 ; Id. 

 Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 72; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, 

 p. 167, fig. ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., 1856, 

 fasc. I, pp. 214, 218, 220; Fitzing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Natur. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1870, p. 629 ; A. Milne-Edw. et Grandid., 

 Hist. Nat. Madag., 1890, Atl., II, pi. CXCI. 



Prosimia ruiipes Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VII, 4th Ser., 1871, 

 p. 339 ; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, pi. 69. 



Lemur ruiipes Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 72. 



RED-BELLIED LEMUR. 



Type locality. Madagascar. Type in Paris Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern coast of Madagascar from Tenerifa to 

 Fort Dauphin. Ampitambe, N. E. Betsileo, Ambohimitombo, and Ivo- 

 himanitra, Tanala country, and Vinanitelo, Southern Betsileo confines 

 of the Tonalas of Ikongo. (Forsyth-Major). 



Genl. Char. Outside of ears, and inner side of margins haired, 

 rest naked. Iris dark yellow. (Forsyth-Major). 



Color. Male. Line from forehead, top of nose and lips maroon ; 

 head above mixed dark brown and buff; sides of head coppery red; 

 body above chocolate brown, palest on rump ; arms, under parts from 

 chin, and inner side of limbs coppery red ; outer side of hind limbs to 

 ankles reddish buff ; hands and feet coppery red ; tail maroon at base ; 

 blackish maroon for remainder of length. Ex type Paris Museum. 



The colors, especially on lower back and legs have probably faded. 

 An example in the British Museum differs somewhat as will be noticed 

 in the following description. 



Line from forehead, top of nose and muzzle black, or blackish 

 maroon ; head and cheeks reddish brown ; upper part of body speckled 

 black and reddish, becoming in some individuals, almost black on dor- 

 sal line ; limbs, hands and feet, and under side of body reddish brown ; 

 tail black. 



Female. The sexes differ in coloration only in that the throat and 

 upper part of breast of the female is white, and the under parts of the 

 body are pinkish buff. 



Measurements. Total length, 711.2; tail, 407.6; foot, 102.8. 

 Skull : occipito-nasal length, 83 ; Hensel, 35 ; zygomatic width, 34 ; inter- 

 temporal width, 29; median length of nasals, 21; palatal length, 35; 

 length of upper molar series, 30 ; width of braincase, 39 ; length of 

 mandible, 60 ; length of lower molar series, 33. 



