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ventrem binos habet quasi sacculos, in quibus ca- 

 tuli ubera sugientes hagrent." Camell. Mss. Mus. 

 Brit. 



Linnasus, judging of this animal's place in sys- 

 tematic arrangement, from the figures and de- 

 scriptions of authors,, but not having had an op- 

 portunity of examining its generic characters 

 himself, placed it in the genus Lemur, to which 

 he supposed it most allied; but was careful, at the 

 same time, to observe, that, as its teeth had not 

 been examined, its real genus was, of course, not 

 determinable. By the Count de BufTon it was, 

 with unpardonable negligence, entirely omitted ; 

 nor was it till Dr. Pallas's description in the Pe- 

 tersburgh Transactions appeared, that its genuine 

 characters were ascertained. 



In the publication entitled Magazin Encyclope- 

 dique, we meet with an account of the teeth of 

 this animal, by Mons. GeofTroy, who appears to 

 have examined with peculiar accuracy the speci- 

 mens belonging to the Museum of the Prince of 

 Orange. 



Mr. GeofTroy observes, that in the form and 

 disposition of the teeth it differs not only from 

 the Lemures, but from all other quadrupeds. He 

 is also of opinion, that the foremost of what Dr. 

 Pallas considers as canine, should, in reality, be 

 considered as cutting teeth; since they are in- 

 serted into the incisive or intermaxillary bone; 

 all the teeth, taken together, are of so anomalous 

 a cast as to make it difficult to determine the in- 

 tention of Nature in their formation ; but Mr. 



