. Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text . reddish-yellow mane, witha golden lustre at the ends of the hairs. Theyleap about from tree to tree like squirrels and laythemselves flat against the branches in the samemanner. Their beauty and confiding ways renderthem very attractive in captivity. Sub-order 11. The Lemurs arenocturnal a
. Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text . reddish-yellow mane, witha golden lustre at the ends of the hairs. Theyleap about from tree to tree like squirrels and laythemselves flat against the branches in the samemanner. Their beauty and confiding ways renderthem very attractive in captivity. Sub-order 11. The Lemurs arenocturnal animals whichinhabit Africa (especiallyMadagascar) and the largerAsiatic islands. Their formis somewhat interme-,diate between monkt \ s and cats. They are smaslender animals Lemuroidea. (Plate III.) (Lemurs.) and the Vs head resembles that of a ^•fox. The great toe is^feopposible both on the fou ^^and hind limbs, and the toes, except the seconitoe of the hind foot, .provided with flat nails The best known_genus is Lemur. We^have figured the Maki fe^^^S- ^^5, »(Lamirmacaco)onPlatcIII. f^m^^^fig. e., which is a slender l^uii.^.jf\^animal, about the size of ~ a cat, with fine woolly fur,and a bushy tail. Durmgthe day it hides in hollowtrees, but comes outabout sunset, and wandersthrough the woods in. Slender Loris. troops of about thirty orforty. It feeds on fruits,small birds, eggs &c., andinhabits Madagascar. Another species, theSlender Loris {Loris gra-cilis) is represented in theaccompanying is scarcely as large asa squirrel, and has slenderlimbs, no tail, very largeeyes, and long silky fur,which is dull reddish greyand yellowish brown above,but is greyish and paleyellowish on the under-surface. This charminglittle animal inhabits theforests of Southern Indiaand Ceylon, and Blanfordstates that the eyes are afavourite prescription withthe Tamil doctors for dis-eases of the eyes. It sleepsin hollow trees by day, com-ing out in the evening tofeed on leaves, fruits,
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