Red-fronted Lemur. 



Le Mongous, Buffon, Hist. Nat. torn. xiii. p. 198, pi.. 26, 1765. 

 Lemur Mongoz, Schreber, Saugth. vol. i. p. 137, pi. 39, a. 1775. 

 „ rufifrons, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 106. 



„ Mongoz, Van der Hoeven, Tidschrift, Nat. Gesc. Phys. torn. xi. 1, p. 34, 1844. 

 „ rufifrons, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 



This animal was first characterized as a distinct species by the late E. T. Bennett, Esq., 

 who assigned to it the name under which it is now figured; but it will be seen, on reference 

 to the synonyms given above, that it was originally figured by Buffon in his celebrated 

 Histoire Naturelle, and afterwards in the Saugthiere of M. Schreber, in whose work it was 

 confounded with the Lemur Mongoz of Linnaeus, a very distinct species, founded upon the 

 figure published by Edwards in his Gleanings. 



The general colour of this Lemur is grey, with a slight rufous tinge, the red tint becoming 

 more conspicuous on the limbs and basal portion of the tail; on the terminal-half of the 

 tail, the black predominates; a band of rufous extends across the crown of the head, and 

 over the cheeks; the temples and sides of the face are white; the muzzle is black, this 

 dark hue passes up between the eyes, along the centre of the forehead, until it joins the 

 red band which crosses the crown of the head; the under surface of the body is white, 

 with a very faint rufous tinge; the region of the thighs near the root of the tail, black. 



Length of the head and body, eighteen inches; of the tail, seventeen inches. 



