Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum . cutting-teeth. May notthis be a peculiarity of tho single specimen on which thespecies is founded ? ** Bach ivith a black streak, forked on the occiput. 2. Lepilemur furcifer. Grey; back with a streak, forked on the occiput and extendedto the eyes ; end of the tail black. Lemur furcifer, Blainv. Osteoyr. p. 35, t. 7, 1830. Clieirogaleus fur-cifer, Is. Geoff. Cheirogale, CJienu, Encycl. Quadrum. p. 209,f. 218 ? Lepilemur furcifer, Gray, P. Z. A*. 1863, p. 145. Micro-cebus furcifer, Mivart, P. Z. S
Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum . cutting-teeth. May notthis be a peculiarity of tho single specimen on which thespecies is founded ? ** Bach ivith a black streak, forked on the occiput. 2. Lepilemur furcifer. Grey; back with a streak, forked on the occiput and extendedto the eyes ; end of the tail black. Lemur furcifer, Blainv. Osteoyr. p. 35, t. 7, 1830. Clieirogaleus fur-cifer, Is. Geoff. Cheirogale, CJienu, Encycl. Quadrum. p. 209,f. 218 ? Lepilemur furcifer, Gray, P. Z. A*. 1863, p. 145. Micro-cebus furcifer, Mivart, P. Z. S. 18G4, pp. 021 (Hg.), 042. llab. Madagascar. 9. michoruynciius. 89 Dr. Dahlbom observes that this species would be a Lcpilcmur ifit were without upper cutting-teeth; but as owx Lepilcmures havo theseteeth, I think it had better bo placed in tliis genus. Tail elongate ; face rather compressed; orbit large, like Otoyale ;the cutting-teeth produced horizontally in front, the lower much thelongest ; the first upper false grinder elongate like a canine.—Blainv. Osteog. i. t. 7. f. Fig. Lcpilemur furcifer. (Mivart.) Head short, subgloboscEars small, hairy, hidden. Tribe III. MICltORIIYNCIllNA. Face short, tapering. Eyes large. 9. MICRORHYNCHUS. Tail elongate, cylindrical, hairy. Ears hidden under the and index finger without tlio second phalange. Nostrils se-parated by a narrow septum. Hind foot short and broad. Clawselongate, convex, acute; claw of first too elongate, cylindrical. Microrhynchus, Jonrdan, 1834; Gray, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 141. Ava-his, /. Geoff. [ndris, A. Smith, 1834. Semnoccbus, Lesson,1840. Lichanotus, Ittiger; Wagler. Avahi, Jourd. Habrocebus,Wagner. 90 LKMUKm/K. Microrhynchus laniger. The Avahi. B. M. Brown, varied ; rump, spot over groin, and beneath whitish, witha narrow white lunate band on the forehead. Lichanotus laniger, Ittiger. Lemur laniger, (inntin. Maki abourres,Sunnerat, i. 81); cop. Buffon, Supp. viii. 1. .55. Lemur lanatus,* Sch
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