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usually raise their long bushy tails above the level of 
their backs ; but when at rest they either suffer them 
to hang down, or coil them around their bodies to 
retain the warmth. 
In the Red Lemur the general colour of the upper 
surface of the body is of a bright rufous brown, and 
that of the under parts of a deep black. The former 
includes the sides of the face, the ears, the back and 
sides, and the outer surface of the limbs ; the latter the 
forehead, the naked face itself, the throat, breast, and 
abdomen, the inside of the limbs, and the entire feet, 
with the exception of a narrow stripe of white passing 
across the upper surface of the hinder ones. The tail 
is perfectly black throughout. A large oval patch of 
white occupies the back of the neck, extending from 
behind the ears to between the shoulders, and sepa- 
rating the black of the head from the red of the back. 
In M. F. Cuvier's figure it would appear as though a 
band of red passed between this white patch and the 
black of the head transversely from ear to ear ; but no 
such marking is visible in our specimen, nor is it 
referred to in that gentleman's description of his ani- 
mal. M. Desmarest has also, both in his Mammalogie 
and in the Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, de- 
scribed the naked face and hands as of a deep red : in 
our specimen, as in M. F. Cuvier's figure and descrip- 
tion, they are of the purest black. The irides are of a 
lighter yellow than those of the other species of the 
genus, and the eyes are lively and expressive. The 
moustaches are short, black, and rather numerous. 
The hair of the upper parts and tail is extremely long, 
soft, and woolly; the dark fur of the under surface 
shorter and close. From the nose to the root of the 
tail measures upwards of two feet, and the tail itself is 
still longer. 
