. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE DIADEM IXDEIS. 221 with the human foot, and tliat of the Apes. The great toe is wide apart from the others, and in that it resembles the thumb of a hand; but all the other bones of the ankle or tarsus are in the same relative position as they occupy in us. They have the same nances. Theii" foot is very broad, and this is produced by the extra size of the four front bones of the ankle, and these form an arch, the three inner ones being more or less wedge-shaped, and the outer, or foiu-th, is more or less of a cube in shape; hence t
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE DIADEM IXDEIS. 221 with the human foot, and tliat of the Apes. The great toe is wide apart from the others, and in that it resembles the thumb of a hand; but all the other bones of the ankle or tarsus are in the same relative position as they occupy in us. They have the same nances. Theii" foot is very broad, and this is produced by the extra size of the four front bones of the ankle, and these form an arch, the three inner ones being more or less wedge-shaped, and the outer, or foiu-th, is more or less of a cube in shape; hence they are called the wedge-shaped (cuneiform) and cube-shaped (or cuboid) bones. They are jointed in front to the long bones (metatarsals), and behind to the three other ankle-bones. All are. BLACK OU SHOKT-TAILED INDIUS. Qloiifiel after G united more or less solidly by ligaments, and yet there is motion. Now in this Indi-is the wedge- shaped bones are large, especially the second from the inside, or the middle one, and curiously enough this is small in most other Lemuroids. The large arch formed by these bones contributes to the strength of the foot. The Diadem Indris is found in the foi-ests of the central parts of Madagascar, and apjjears to keep apart from other kinds and to roam about the dense woods in bands. THE WOOLLY LEMUR—THE AVAHI.* This Ls one of the long-tailed Indris, and is remarkable for having long hinder limbs, a long furry tail, a very short muzzle, and a round head. It was first described by Sonnerat, in his voyage to the East Indies, who called it the * Indris 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 Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. London [etc] Cassell & Company, Limited
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