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LONG-FINGERED LEMUR. Ill 
pressing with sufficient precision the extreme 
thinness of the two middle toes. 
This species is a native of Madagascar, where it 
inhabits woods : it is extremely rare, and is sup- 
posed to feed on fruits, insects^ &c. it is fond of 
warmth, and has the same slow motion as the 
Lemur tardigradus. Its native name is Aye Aye, 
which is said to be taken from its natural voice 
or cry, which resembles a feeble scream. 
A NEW arrangement of the animals of the 
Linn^ean genus Lemur is proposed by Mons. 
Geoifroy^ who distributes them into five distinct 
genera, in the following manner: 
1. 
INDRI. 
Fout upper cutting-teeth, standing distant in pairs. Four lower 
ones horizontal. 
1. Indri breincaudatm, Short-tailed Indri. Blackish Indri, with, 
very short tail. 
Indri Sonn. Lemur indri, GtneL Syst, Nat, 
2. Indri longicaudatus. Long-tailed Indri, Ta.wny Indri^ with very 
long tail. 
Le Maki a bourres. Sonn. 
Lemur laniger. GmeL Syst, Nat. 
Le Maki fauve. BuJ^. suppl. j,pl, 35, 
