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THE LIVING WORLD. 
The Ruffled Lemur (Lemur macaco ) has its habitat in Madagascar and 
the neighboring islands, is as large as a cat has dilatable eyes, and presents 
very striking contrasts of black 
and white in its long, silken 
hair. Its black face is set off 
by a ruff of white whiskers, 
and its long, full tail termi¬ 
nates in quite a white plume. 
It is a good runner, jumper 
and climber. It is shy and 
timid, but when forced to defend 
itself, displays no want of 
courage or lack of effective 
teeth. It belongs to the class- 
of monkeys which form phil¬ 
harmonic societies, and hold 
a nightly saengerfest, at which 
each struggles to outdo the 
others in the prolonged utter¬ 
ance of the deepest and most 
rukfi,ed lemur. sepulchral tones; evidently 
they believe in conquering the 
thorough bass and basso profundo before venturing upon the parts which, 
lend liveliness and variety to the body 
of the song. 
The Maki-Macoa, or Ring¬ 
tailed Lemur {Lemur macoa , or catta ), 
is a graceful little monkey, which has 
none of the repulsiveness of features 
which belongs to apes. It is a cin- 
dery-gray in color, the cheeks and 
throat being quite white, and its ex¬ 
traordinarily long tail being regularly 
ringed in black. Its little round ears 
are almost concealed by hair, and its 
fur is thick and soft. It is nocturnal 
in its habits, is docile, and readily 
adapts itself to captivity. Its length 
is somewhat less than a foot, with the 
addition of an eight or nine-inch tail. 
In captivity it is gentle and prank- 
some, and is specially addicted to 
weaving itself and its kind into a 
constantly changing living pattern. Its 
bones are so peculiar that the stretch¬ 
ing cut of the arm at once closes the 1. maki-macoa. 2. white-mantled make 
hands. 
The White-mantled Maki, or White-fronted Lemur (Lemur albifrons) Y 
varies the white, which is its prevailing color, by black shoulders* muzzle 
and tail. 
