LONG-FINGERED LEMUR» 
In Gmelin's enlarged edition of the Sys- 
tema Nature, it has been placed among the 
Squirrels; and has received, as it's Lionasan 
name, the appellaiion of Sciurus Madaga- 
scarensis, or the Madagascar Squirrel. Pen- 
nant, also arranges it with his Squirrels, under 
the original name Aye Aye. Bat Schreber^ 
who has been chiefly followed on this occa- 
sion, by subsequent writers, denominates it 
Lemur Psilodadlylus, or the Long-Fingered 
Lemur ; which name we have adopted, as that 
by which it seems to ns probable tliat the ani- 
mal will in future be most generally known. 
V/e might, however, did w:€ incline to in- 
crease the nomenclature of Nature,, have been 
as, singular as our neighbours, with very little 
trouble, and not without propriety ; since Le- 
mur, expressed by the more usual English 
nam-e of that ^renus, would m.ake it the Long-- 
Fingered Maucauco, instead of the Angio- 
Latin appellation, Lor,g-Fingered Lemur. 
The Long-Fingered Lemur is an inhabitant 
of the Island of Madagascar, where it was 
first seen by Sonnerat. It appears, however, 
to 
