CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 2 QUADRUMANA. 
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general color a grayish brown ; the 
hands are very delicate, nalvcd within 
and furred without. 
Oeniis INDRI : Indris. — This genus 
includes only a single species, the Short- 
tailed Indri of Madagascar, /. brevicau- 
daius. It is the largest of the lerauridaJ, 
being three feet high when it stands on 
its hind-legs. It is covered with soft, 
thick fur, mostly black, but whitish on 
the face, and reddish white on the sides. 
ThouQ-h its general look is like that of 
&. small bear, it is a gentle creature, and 
capable of some education. The natives 
think it has the form of a man, and call 
it the Man of the Woods. It is cer- 
tainly the most anthropomorphous of 
all the lemuvidas. 
Genus PROPITHECUS.— Of this 
there is but a single known species, the 
p. diaderna, of Madagascar, resembling 
the indri, but somewhat smaller. Spe- 
cimens have been seen in the menage- 
ries of the Garden of Plants and of the 
Zooloo-ical Gardens. 
Genus AYAHI : Avahis. — One spe- 
cies only is known, the Wooly Avahi, 
A. laniger, of Madagascar,and called Am- 
pongue by the natives. It is about a 
foot long, and has a tail half the length 
of its body. Some naturalists call it the 
Long-tailed Indri. Little is known of 
its habits. 
Genus INIAKI : Lemur. — The makis 
are the proper lemurs, and are distin- 
guished by thick, soft fur, a slender body 
about two feet long, a very long bushy 
tail, and a pointed nose. The expres- 
sion of the face has given them the title 
of Fox-nosed Monkeys. They are intel- 
ligent, and capable of some education. 
They have frequently been in the mena- 
geries of London and Paris, where they 
bear the climate tolei'ably well, taking 
great comfort, however, in sitting by 
the fire in the winter. One of them 
lived in the latter city nineteen years. 
Several species have bred in the Euro- 
pean menageries. At Malmaison, one 
of these creatures, kept by the Empress 
Josephine, produced a young one which 
she treated with great tenderness i dur- 
ing its infancy it was almost naked, and 
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