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ventrem binos habet quasi sacculos, in quibus ca- 
tuli ubera sugientes hasrent. " CamelL Mss. Mus. 
Brit. 
Linn^us, judging of this animals place in sys- 
tematic arrangement, from the figures and de- 
scriptions of authors^ but not having had an op- 
portunity of examining its generic characters 
himself, placed it in the genus Lemur, to which 
he supposed it most allied; but was careful^ at the 
same time^ to observ^e, that, as its teeth had not 
been examined, its real genus was^ of course^ not 
determinable. By the Count de Buffon it was, 
with unpardonable negligence, entirely omitted; 
nor was it till Dr. Pallas's description in the Pe- 
tersburgh Transactions appeared, that its genuine 
characters were ascertained. 
In the publication entitled Magazin Encyclop^- 
dique, we meet with an account of the teeth of 
this animal^ by Mons. GeofFroy^ who appears to 
have examined with peculiar accuracy the speci- 
mens belonging to the Museum of the Prince of 
Orange. 
Mr. GeofFroy observes, that in the form and 
disposition of the teeth it differs not only from 
the Lemures, but from all other quadrupeds. He 
is also of opinion^ that the foremost of what Dr. 
Pallas considers as canine, should, in reality, be 
considered as cutting teeth; since they are in- 
serted into the incisive or intermaxillary bone; 
all the teeth, taken together, are of so anomalous 
a cast as to make it difficult to determine the in- 
tention of Nature in their formation ; but Mr. 
