. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . l, commonly found in company in its natural state; inMadagascar, thirty or forty are seen herding together. It sleeps in a sittingposture, with its snout resting upon its breast; its body is no thicker thanthat of a cat, but is longer; and it appears larger, as the legs of the animalare very long. The hair is soft, and stands upright. 1 Lemur catta. The genus Lemur is characterized by four upper and six under canine on each side, in botli jaws; mola
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . l, commonly found in company in its natural state; inMadagascar, thirty or forty are seen herding together. It sleeps in a sittingposture, with its snout resting upon its breast; its body is no thicker thanthat of a cat, but is longer; and it appears larger, as the legs of the animalare very long. The hair is soft, and stands upright. 1 Lemur catta. The genus Lemur is characterized by four upper and six under canine on each side, in botli jaws; molars five above and four below, on each incisors, united in pairs, inferior, inclined, lon^. Superior canines, long, com-pressed, crossino^ the inferior ones before; inferior canines, or first molars, compressed,triangular; molars with blunt, tuberculous cro\\-ns; two pectoral mammas; head, longand triangular; muzzle slender ; ears short and rounded; fourth toe of the feet largest •tad longer than the body, ccvered with hair, not prehensile; hair soft and woolly. M A M M A L IA -M O N G O O S. THE M 0 N G O O S. 1. The mongoos is less than the macatico; but its hair is, like that, ot ashort and silken nature, but a little curled; the nose is also thicker. Buffonhad a mongoos in his possession for several years ; its coat was of a browncolor, the eyes yellow, the nose black, and the ears short. It had a customof playing with and biting its tail, and had, by this method, lessened it byfour or five of the last vertebras. Whenever it got loose, it visited the shopsin the neighborhood, and would make free with fruit, sugar, sweetmeats, &c.;to obtain which it would open the boxes. At such times, it was difficult toretake it; and it would bite those that attempted it, even its keeper. THE RED AND BLACK LEMUR.^
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