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RUFFED LEMUR. 
Lemur Macaco. L. caudatus niger, collart barhato. Lin. Sjst, 
Nat. p. 44. 
Tailed black Lemur, with the neck bearded in the manner of a 
rufF. 
Black Maucauco. Ednv. pi. ziy . 
Vari. Buff. 13. p. ij^.pl. 17. 
Ruffed Macauco. Pennant ^adr. i. p. 231. 
This is the species described by the Count de 
Bulf on under the name of the Vari, its colours 
often consisting of a patched distribution of black 
and white ; thougli its real or natural colour is sup- 
posed to be entirely black. In size it exceeds the 
Mongoz, or Brown Lemur. It is said to be a 
fierce and almost untameable animal. It inhabits 
the woods of Madagascar and some of the Indian 
islands ; and is said to exert a voice so loud and 
powerful as to strike astonishment into those Avho 
hear it^ resembling, in this respect, the howling- 
Monkey or S. Belzebub, which fills the woods of 
Brasil and Guiana with its dreadful cries. When 
in a state of captivity, however, it seems to be- 
come as gentle as some others of this genus. 
That described and figured by Edwards was an 
' example of this^ and is expressly said to have 
been a very sociable, gentle, harmless-natured 
animalj not having the cunning, mischievousness^ 
or malice of the Monkey kind." 
The astonishing strength of voice in this ani- 
mal, depends, according to the Count de BufFon, 
on the peculiar structure of the larynx, which 
