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Show 72 MAMMALIA. M. Geo ffr oy ca1 1 s those species which have inferio. r trenchant •m ci. sors p1 a ce d on a straight line and less than the canmes, MIDAs. Their tail is also more slender and not annulated. . S. a· L • Buff. XV 17. (The Pmche.) Grey, ~m. m ~pus, ·, · ' . waved with brown ; long white hairs on the head which hang behind the ears ; tail slender and red. From the banks of the Amazon.(1) Mid. rufimanus, Geoff.; Sim. midas,~.; Buff. X~, 13. (The T · ) Black the four extremities yellowish. From amarm. ' Guiana. M'd ;: · zr Mid. ursulus, Geoff.; Buff. Supp. VIII, 32; ~ . J.usczco za, S pl·X , p1 · o~ o · (The Black Tamarin.) All black; reddish waved stripes on the back. . . . Mid. labiatus, Geoff.; M. nigricollu, S ~ix, 21.. (The Whtte· lipped Tamarin.) Black; crupper reddish; circumference of the nose white.(2) Sim. rosalia, L.; Buff. XIV, 16. (Lion Monkey or the Marikina.) Yellowish; the head surr~unded with a yellow mane • end of the tail brown. From Surmam. Ha;ale chrysomelas, Pr. Max. lib. ii. (Black Marikina.) Black fore-arms; upper side of the tail and mane of a golden yellow. Sim. argentatus, L.; Buff. XV, 18. (The Mico.) Silver grey, sometimes all white ; tail brown. From the Amazon. LEMUR, Lin. The Lemurs, according to Linmeus, comprehend all the Quadru· mana which have in either jaw incisors differing in number from four or at least differently directed from those of the Monkeys. Thi~ negative character could not fail to :mbrace every diff:rent beings, while it did not even unite those which should be combtn~~ Geoffroy has established several divisions in this genus ~h1c are much better characterized. The four thumbs of these ammals are well developed and opposable, and the first hind finger is armed with a pointed, raised nail; all the other nails are flat. Their fur collar all white. In some of them, on the contrary, all the white has disappeared. See Annal. du Mus., XlX, p. 119-122. (1) I suspect the Mid. bicolor, Spix, pl. 24, is merely a variety ofthe Sim. cedipul, and his M. mystax of the M. labiatus. (2) The 8. leonina, Humb. Obs. I. pl. 5, is brown, with white lips and black face, like this species ; but it ap:Pears the hairs of the neck are more thickly set, fonning a. mane like that of the Marikina. Add Mid. chrysopygu8, Natterer. QUADRUMANA. 73 is wooJJy; and their teeth begin to exhibit sharp tubercles catching in each other as in the Insectivora. LEMUR.-MAKrs, properly so called. Six incisors in the lower jaw compressed and slanting forwards, four in the upper that are straight, the intermediate ones being separated from each other; trenchant canines; six molares on each side above, six below; ears small. They are very active animals, which, from their pointed heads, have been called Fox-nosed Monkeys. Their food is fruit. Their species are very numerous, and are only met with in the island of Madagascar, where they appear to replace the Monkeys, none of which it is said are to be found there. Nearly all the difference that exists between them is in the colour. L. catta, L.; Le Mococo, Buff. XIII, 22. Ashy-grey; tail black, and white rings. L. macaco, L.; Le Vari1 Buff. XIII, 27. Variegated with large black and white spots. L. ruber, Peron; Le Maki rouge; Fr. Cuv. Mammif. A lively reddish chestnut; head, hands, tail and belly black; a white spot on the nape of the neck, a red tuft to each ear. L. mongos, L.; Le Mongous; Buff. XIII, 26. All brown ; face and hands black; and other neighbouring species, such as L. albifrons, Geoff.; Le Mongous a front blanc; Audeb., Makis, pl. s. Brown; forehead white, &c.(l) INDRrs.-LroHANOTus, Illig. Teeth like the preceding, except that there are only four below. One species only is known ; it has no tail ; is three feet high ; black; face grey; posteriors white, (Lemur Indri,) Sonnerat, Voy. I, pl. 86. The inhabitants of Madagascar tame and train it like a dog for the chase.(2) LoRrs.-STENOPs, Illig. 'fhe.Lazy Mortkeys, as they are called, have teeth like the Makis, the grtnders excepted, the points of which are more acute; the short muzzle of a mastiff; body slender ; no tail ; large eyes ; tongue rough. ~1) Add the Black Maki, L.; Niger, Edw. 218.-The Blackfronted Maki (L. ni~ fr0118, Geoff.).-The Black-headed Makis (L. melanqcephalus), Fr. Cuv.-7Vle ttawberry Maki.-The Red .~..Waki, Audeb. pl. 2, &c. It is not certain, however, at these species are all distinct. See Geoff., Ann. Mus. XIX, p. 160. r (~~ The Long-tailed lndri, (Lemur laniger, Gm.) Sonnerat, Voy. II. pl. 87, neeqs evtston. VoL. 1.-K |