. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum. Monkeys; Lemurs; Pteropodidae. 5. CHEIEOGALBTTS. 77 See Hapalemur olivaceus, I. Geoff. Cat. p. 75. E'ab. Madagascar. Fig. Hapalemur griseus. (Mivart.) 5. CHEIROGALEUS, Geoff. Head very short, muzzle tapering. Ears small, hidden, bald on the edge. Cutting-teeth ^, the middle larger, in an arched series on sides of intermaxillaries j the first false grinder in the upper jaw large, conical, erect, like a small canine, and in the lower jaw also rather large. Legs rather elongate, more equal than in t
. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum. Monkeys; Lemurs; Pteropodidae. 5. CHEIEOGALBTTS. 77 See Hapalemur olivaceus, I. Geoff. Cat. p. 75. E'ab. Madagascar. Fig. Hapalemur griseus. (Mivart.) 5. CHEIROGALEUS, Geoff. Head very short, muzzle tapering. Ears small, hidden, bald on the edge. Cutting-teeth ^, the middle larger, in an arched series on sides of intermaxillaries j the first false grinder in the upper jaw large, conical, erect, like a small canine, and in the lower jaw also rather large. Legs rather elongate, more equal than in the true Lemurs. The feet are short and broad, about two-thirds of the length of the shank. Myspithecus, Fr. Ouv. 1833. Myoxicebus et Cebugale, Lesson, 1840. Cheirogaleus, Geoff.; Wagner, 1840; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 142. M. Isidore Geofifroy, in his account of the genus Hapalemur, states that in GTieirogaleus " the cutting-teeth are in straight cross lines, and the ears are ; If this is correct, the species here described are not Cheirogalei. 1. Cheirogaleus Milii. " Grey brown; palpebrse, sides of mouth, and whiskers black; throat, chest, and belly white; ears moderate, scarcely exserted, edge smooth, crest hairy; head globose ; muzzle broad, ; Maki nain, F. Cm. Mamm. 1821. Cheirogaleus Milii, Geof. 1828, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 142. Hab. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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