3l/|. DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



red lemur (lemur ruber, Peron), They breed in 

 our menageries. Next to them is the Indri, first 

 made known by Sonnerat, and which the inhabi- 

 tants of Madagascar train like a dog for hunting. 

 It differs from the others of its tribe by haying 

 two incisors less in the under jaw, and no tail. 



This case is terminated by the loris of Bengal, 

 the galago of Senegal, w hich has large ears, and 

 by the tamers {lemur spectrum, Pall.) from Am- 

 boyna. All these animals are very slow in their 

 movements, and lead a nocturnal life. The tarsi 

 of these two last are elongated, which make their 

 hind feet appear of a disproportionate length. 



Passing into the second room, in the cases right 

 and left of the door, we see the different genera 

 of bats, so remarkable for the form of their 

 noses and ears, the length of their toes, and their 

 membranous wings. Several species roll them- 

 selves up into a ball, and remain torpid during 

 the whole winter (i). The largest, which be- 

 long to the genus pteropus, are placed on the cor- 

 nice. At the top of the case are the phyllostomce, 

 whose lips and tongues are furnished with warts, 



(l) M. Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire, in the 8th and i5th vol. of the Annals 

 of the Museum, first published a complete work on this family, which 

 he divided into sixteen genera, and made known several new species. 

 The genera which he established differ not only in their anatomical 

 characters, but also in their habits and exterior forms. There are more 

 than eighty species in the Museum. 



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