FLOCKY LEMUR. 99 



widens, immediately after its divarication, into a 

 large cavity before entering the lungs. 



FLOCKY LEMUR. ' 



Lemur Laniger. L. caudatus ex flwvo rufescente testaceus subtus al- 

 ius, cauda ex rufescente fulva unicolore. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gntel. 

 p. 44. 



Tailed pale-tawny Lemur, white beneath, with ferruginous 

 tail. 



Maquis a bourres. Sonner. <voy. 2. /. 142. //. 89. 



This is described by Sonnerat as a large spe- 

 cies ; measuring a foot and nine inches from nose 

 to tail ; the tail being also nine inches. Its co- 

 lour is a pale yellowish-ferruginous on the upper 

 parts, and white beneath: the tail bright ferru- 

 ginous. The fur is extremely soft and crisped, 

 and of a deeper colour on the region of the loins : 

 the face is black : the ears small : the eyes large, 

 and of a greenish-grey: in the upper jaw, are two 

 fore-teeth: in the lower jaw four: the feet have 

 five fingers, which have long claws, except the 

 thumbs, which have rounded nails. Mr. Pen- 

 nant, in the last edition of his History of Qua- 

 drupeds, seems to think this animal no other than 

 the L. Mongoz, or Woolly Macauco, and com- 

 plains that Sonnerat's figure is very inaccurate; 

 but if Sonnerat's description be just, the species 

 must certainly be a different one from the L. 

 Mongoz. Two smaller varieties of the Flocky 



