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Show 1873.] MR. ST. G. MIVART ON THE LEMURS. 493 gation of its tarsus, which, though varying in different species of Cheirogaleus, varies also in different species of Galago. Of the characters in which m y Lemurinee were believed to differ from m y Galagininae, many must now, therefore, be eliminated, as will appear by the characters given below. Fig. 10. Dorsal view of cervical vertebrce of Galago crassicaudatus. A skeleton of Galago crassicaudatus now in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons presents a character which I have never before remarked in any Primate. The neural spines of the cervical vertebrae, from the second to the seventh inclusive, bifurcate laterally. This, therefore, necessitates a correction, as to the cervical neural spines, in m y paper * " O n the Axial Skeleton of the Primates." As to the Cheirogalei, M . A. Grandidier gives usf the following curious piece of information :-" Tous ces Chirogalei ont la curieuse faculte d'emmagasiner autour de leur queue et dans diverses parties de leur corps une provision de graisse qui sert a leur nutrition pendant les six mois de la saison seche qu'ils passent en lethargic" The specimens in the British Museum which have been named by Dr. Gray Opolemur milii exhibit an enlarged condition of the tail. * P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 550-552 & 590. t Eevue Scientifique, 11th May, 1872, p. 1083. |