S)4 INDRI. 
gracility of limbs and body being in all equally 
conspicuous. 
It has been observed^ in a note relative to the 
former species, that this is the animal figured in 
BulFon; and it is farther remarkable^ that, by an 
aukward mismanagement relative to the posture, 
it is made to appear a short instead of long-bodied 
animal. 
The figure in the present work is from a beau- 
tiful and perfect specimen in the Lever i an Mu- 
seum; but which, representing the animal in a 
ringent state^ exhibits perhaps an air of fierceness 
not perfectly according with its character. 
INDRI. 
Lemur Indri. L. ecaudatus niger, suhtus griseus , facie natibusque 
alhidis. 
Tailless black Lemur, greyish beneath, with the face and 
fpace round the tail whitish. 
Indri. Sonnerat njoy. 2. pi. 142.//. 8. 
Lemur Indri. L. ecaudatus niger. Lin. Sysf. Nat. Gmel. p. 42. 
Indri Macauco. Pennant ^adr. l. p. 228. 
This is a very large species. It is entirely of 
a black-colour, except on the face, which is grey- 
ish : a greyish cast also prevails towards the lower 
part of the abdomen, and the rump is v/hite. 
The face is of a lengthened or dog-like form: the 
ears shortish and slightly tufted : the liair or fur 
is silky and thick, and in some parts of a curly 
or crisped appearance : it is the largest animal of 
