164 LICHANOTUS 



171; Id. Mamm., 1820, p. 97; Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 

 65; Lenz, Nat. Saugeth., 1831, p. 35. 

 Microrhynchus laniger Jourd., These inaug. Facul. Scien. Gren- 

 oble, 1834, II, p. 231 ; Coquerel, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1859, p. 461 ; 

 Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 141 ; Mivart, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 151, pi. XV; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, 

 Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, pp. 90, 136; 

 Bartl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 769. 

 Indris laniger A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ., II, 1835, p. 27; 

 Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867.. p. 256; 1873, pp. 484, 

 494-497. 

 Avahis laniger Less., Compl. Buff., I, 1838, p. 294 ; I. Geoff., Cat. 

 Primates, 1851, p. 69; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1854, p. 

 164, pi. VII ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., f asc. 

 I, 1856, p. 202 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 290. 

 Lichanotus laniger Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Av., 1811, p. 72; 

 Blainv., Osteog. Mamm., Primates, 1841, p. Atl., pi. VIII, 

 Lemur. 

 Semnocebus avahi Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 210; Id. Suppl. 



Buff., 1847, p. 103. 

 Lichanotus avahi van d. Hoev., Tijdsch. Natur. Geschied., 1844, p. 



44, pi. I, fig. 6, pi. Ill ; Id. Die Saugeth., 1855, p. 1024. 

 Habrocebus lanatus Schinz, Syn. Mamm., 1844, p. 115; Wagn., 

 Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 258, tab. XLII A; Fit- 

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

 603. 

 Lemur lanatus Schleg., Handb. tot der Dierk., I, 1857, p. 19. 

 woolly avahi. Native name Ovandros, Ampongui. 

 Type locality. Madagascar. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern coast of Madagascar, and the Bay of 

 Passandava on the west coast. St. Mary's Island, (Coquerel). 



Color. Face covered with russet hairs, nose pad naked ; a buff 

 band across forehead, anterior to which is a blackish band ; top of head 

 and neck blackish brown, hairs white tipped ; ears and patch beneath 

 tawny black ; shoulders, and upper parts of back tawny, tips of hairs 

 paler, their bases slate ; tips of hairs on lower back, and outer side of 

 legs buff ; patch on rump buff ; upper parts washed with ochraceous ; 

 under parts, and inner side of limbs dark gray ; hands dark reddish ; 

 feet reddish ; tail bright dark cinnamon rufous. 



Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 49; Hensel, 38; 

 zygomatic width, 37; intertemporal width, 21 ; median length of nasals, 



