Red-fronted Lemur. 
Le Mongous , Buffon, Hist. Nat. tom. xiii. p. 198, pi. 26, 1765. 
Lemur Mongol, , Schreber, Saugth. vol. i. p. 137, pi. 39, a. 1775. 
j? rufifrons , Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 106. 
Mongoz , Fbz der Hoeven. , Tidschrift, Nat. Gesc. Phys. tom. xi. 1, p. 34, 1844. 
„ rufifrons , Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. 
This animal was first characterized as a distinct species by the late E. T. Bennett, Esq., 
who assigned to it the name under which it is now figured; but it will be seen, on reference 
to the synonyms given above, that it was originally figured by Buffon in his celebrated 
Histoire Naturelle, and afterwards in the Saugthiere of M. Schreber, in whose work it was 
confounded with the Lemur Mongos of Linnaeus, a very distinct species, founded upon the 
figure published by Edwards in his Gleanings. 
The general colour of this Lemur is grey, with a slight rufous tinge, the red tint becoming 
more conspicuous on the limbs and basal portion of the tail; on the terminal-half of the 
tail, the black predominates; a band of rufous extends across the crown of the head, and 
over the cheeks; the temples and sides of the face are white; the muzzle is black, this 
dark hue passes up between the eyes, along the centre of the forehead, until it joins the 
red band which crosses the crown of the head; the under surface of the body is white, 
with a very faint rufous tinge; the region of the thighs near the root of the tail, black. 
Length of the head and body, eighteen inches; of the tail, seventeen inches. 
