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They are associated with some other affined species in 
the forests of Brazil, Peru, and Panama. The Mar¬ 
moset exhibited here is the best known of all, Hapale 
jacchus. 
In the various systems of classification of the Animal 
Kingdom that have been adopted, the Lemurs occupy a 
position alongside of the monkeys. Like the latter they 
are quadrumanous, but in other particulars they differ con¬ 
siderably from them in external appearance and otherwise. 
As the majority are nocturnal in tlieir habits and move 
noiselessly about the dense forests, gliding like ghosts 
or specties, Linnaeus gave them the name of Lemures* 
They are chiefly distinctive of the island of Madagascar 
which contains 66 species of Mammals, of which one- 
half are Lemurs represented by six genera. They are, 
however, not confined to that island, but occur from 
West Africa to India, Ceylon, and the Malayan Archi¬ 
pelago ; three genera being found in Africa, and three in 
Asia. In this house there are illustrations of several of 
the common Lemurs of Madagascar belonging to the 
genus Lemur . There is an example of one of the 
Lemurs of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Galago ; 
and some specimens of two of the Asiatic genera, viz. y 
the Loris of Southern India and Ceylon, constituting 
the genus Loris; and the so-called sloth, or Slow 
Lemur, Nycticebus , of Eastern Bengal and the countries 
eastwards. The other Asiatic genus, Tarsius , is not re¬ 
presented, as it is a rare animal found only in Sumatra 
Borneo and North Celebes. 
The Lemurs are generally arboreal in their habits. 
Their opposable thumbs and great toes render their 
limbs well adapted to this mode of life, and their effi- 
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