. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE CLASSIFICATIOX OF LEMUROIDA. position of tlie whole sub-order is next to tlie Hapale Monkeys of South America in the order of Pi-imates. Then, if the figures or stuffed specimens of an A}-e-Aye, a Tarsius, and a Slo^\' Loris be compared, there is no difficulty in distinguish- ing them, for they differ much. But if a Lepilemur and a Galago are compared, it will be noticed that although they differ enough to be placed in two genera, still the distinc- tion is not great. So it is advisable to group them to- gether in a family; but the thr
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE CLASSIFICATIOX OF LEMUROIDA. position of tlie whole sub-order is next to tlie Hapale Monkeys of South America in the order of Pi-imates. Then, if the figures or stuffed specimens of an A}-e-Aye, a Tarsius, and a Slo^\' Loris be compared, there is no difficulty in distinguish- ing them, for they differ much. But if a Lepilemur and a Galago are compared, it will be noticed that although they differ enough to be placed in two genera, still the distinc- tion is not great. So it is advisable to group them to- gether in a family; but the three others must belong each (o a separate family. The scheme of Professor Mivart, auimaLs, and which we adopt, is as follows:—. D FRONT VIE-n) I'hc has paid much attention to SlB-OKDEU LeMUROIDA .IXD THEIR Famihj I.—Lemuridfe , Genera. Indi-is. Lepilemur. Hapaleinur. FamUy 11.—Xycticeljid* III.—Tamd* IV.—Cheiromvda Cralago. Perodicticus. Loris, or Stea Nycticebus. Aretocclius. Tarsius. C'heiromys. As groups these have more or less well-defined differences. Thus, the Leiuuiidse have no refe mirabile, and, excei>t in one ii;iecies, the tail is large, and all have their hind legs longer than their front ones. The Nycticebidse have short ears and faces, and the tail is short or absent. They have a strange defect in the fingers (of hand and foot), the ankle is short, and there is a rete mirabile. As a family the Tarsidie have long ears, a long ankle, a long and slender tail, and there is a rete mirabile. Moreover, the fourth finger is not the longest. The CheiromydcB are kuo^\^l at once by their great front teeth, and the probe-like middle finger of the hand. DISTEIBUTION. All the kinds of Indris, Lepilemur, Hapalemur, Lemur, and Cheirogale inhabit Madagascar and some of the small islands close to its coast, and one kind of Lemur is found in one if not in two of the Comoro Islands, which are between the north-west of Madagascar and the Afric
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