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the tail (text-figs. 12, A ; 15, E). In other species referred to 

 this genus, i. e. L. mongoz and L. rabriventer, the glandular area 

 is much less differentiated, the skin being more closely covered 

 with fine, short hair and less distinctly folded and wrinkled. 



Text-figure 12. 



A. Anal and genital area of male Lemur albifrons, showing the nearly naked 



glandular skin stretching from the root of the tail to the scrotum. 



B. The same of Lemur mongoz, showing the hairy but partially wrinkled skin 



round the anus. 



C. The same of female Lemur mongoz, showing the absence of wrinkled skin 



round the anus, the long grooved clitoris (cl.), and the orifice of the urethra 

 («.) below that of the vagina (v.). 



D. The same of male Lemur catta, showing the hairy unwrinkled skin round the 



anus and the naked scrotum. 



