Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum . Jto£. Indris brevicaudatus. (Huxley.) The- claws, like those of most of the Lemuridce, when perfect,are keeled, and end in an acute tip. Skull. Length 3 10, breadth 2 3. The four lower cutting-teeth of the Indris occupy about the samespace as the six in the other genera, the central ones being broader,while in the other genera, the two central pairs are very much com-pressed and slender ; and the upper cutting-teeth are stronger andbroader; indeed the general character of the skull is to be stronger,t
Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum . Jto£. Indris brevicaudatus. (Huxley.) The- claws, like those of most of the Lemuridce, when perfect,are keeled, and end in an acute tip. Skull. Length 3 10, breadth 2 3. The four lower cutting-teeth of the Indris occupy about the samespace as the six in the other genera, the central ones being broader,while in the other genera, the two central pairs are very much com-pressed and slender ; and the upper cutting-teeth are stronger andbroader; indeed the general character of the skull is to be stronger,though the teeth arc fewer. In other respects there is very little(inference in the dentition. 92 LEMTJUID^. Section B. Fore and hind leys equal. Tail none. Feet short. Tribe V. LOMSINA. The fore and hind legs nearly equal in length. Foot short, too very broad. Tail none. Index finger short. Loridina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1823. Lorisina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1803,p. 140. Fig. 17.
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