. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE LEMURS LYDRIS. 67 THE INDRIS. The largest and most highly developed of all Lemurs are the Indris (Liclianotiis) or, as they are called in Madagascar, Babacoto. There are two kinds, the short-tailed Lemur (Lichanotus brevicau- datus) being the better known. They attain a length of about thirty-five inches, inclusive of the tail, which measures but one inch. The medium-sized head shows a pointed muzzle, small eyes and small ears nearly hidden in the fur. T
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE LEMURS LYDRIS. 67 THE INDRIS. The largest and most highly developed of all Lemurs are the Indris (Liclianotiis) or, as they are called in Madagascar, Babacoto. There are two kinds, the short-tailed Lemur (Lichanotus brevicau- datus) being the better known. They attain a length of about thirty-five inches, inclusive of the tail, which measures but one inch. The medium-sized head shows a pointed muzzle, small eyes and small ears nearly hidden in the fur. The body and limbs are clothed in a thick, woolly fur; the forehead, throat, chest, tail, ankles and sides being white and the remainder of the body black and brown. Sonnerat, who made the Babacoto known to the world, says that he is, like his relatives—the Monkeys— a very good climber, that he sits erect, like a Squirrel, when eating, and carries his food, consisting chiefly of Dog, used for hunting purposes by the natives of the southern part of Madagascar. "In certain^partsof Madagascar," says Pollen, "the Babacoto is trained for bird-hunts. He is said to be as serviceable as the best of Dogs ; for, though he is a vegetable feeder, he by no means despises small. 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 Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; PechuLoesche, Eduard, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago : Marquis
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