XONG-FINGERED LEMUR. 
an under downy fleece, like wool, of a whi- 
tish or pale tawny, with long, straight, black 
hairs, intermixed ; the face and throat being 
of a pale, whitish, tawny colour. The tail is 
flattened, and about eighteen inches long ; co- 
vered with thick set white hair, from the base 
to the middle, and the rest black. The toes 
on the fore paws are all long, and four of the 
claws on the hind feet are hooked, and sharp- 
pointed," 
If, to this we subjoin the specific character 
— that the middle toe, or finger, on the fore- 
feet is v^ry long and naked:; and the thumb, 
or fif th inner toe, on the hind feet, has a flat 
rounded nail — we shall have the whole account 
given of this animal by Mr. Kerr, in his tran- 
slation of part of the Systema Nature. 
We are rather surprised, that this gentle- 
raan, when he suggests it's afSnity to the 
Sloth, has not remarked the obvious similitude 
of it's crv to that of the Bradypus Trida6ly- 
lus, or Three-Toed Sloth; called, ^also, the Ai, 
on account of it's utteriiig the sound expressed 
hy the-^:' tv^ o letters* 
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