. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. OK BROAD-NOSED LEMIR. (After SMcr/d and PoUfll.) CHAPTER XV. THE LEMUROIDA {contwiied). THE GENERA LEMUR AND CHEIROGALE. Called by the French il/aiis—Restricted to Madagascar—Their Activity—Different Species—How to distinguish them— The Ring-Tailed Lemur—Reason for the Name—Tail—Colour of Body—Eye—Haud and Foot—Geographical Range—Anatomical Peculiarities—Playfulness in Captivity—The White-Fronted Lemur — Specimen in the Zoological Gardens—The Lemur of Mavotte-AVhere Found—Colour—Manner of Life—The Mongoose Lemdb— Description of one sent to
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. OK BROAD-NOSED LEMIR. (After SMcr/d and PoUfll.) CHAPTER XV. THE LEMUROIDA {contwiied). THE GENERA LEMUR AND CHEIROGALE. Called by the French il/aiis—Restricted to Madagascar—Their Activity—Different Species—How to distinguish them— The Ring-Tailed Lemur—Reason for the Name—Tail—Colour of Body—Eye—Haud and Foot—Geographical Range—Anatomical Peculiarities—Playfulness in Captivity—The White-Fronted Lemur — Specimen in the Zoological Gardens—The Lemur of Mavotte-AVhere Found—Colour—Manner of Life—The Mongoose Lemdb— Description of one sent to Buffon—The Ruffed Lemur—Described by EUis—Domesticated Specimens—The Black Lemur—Geographical Range—Hand—Foot—Genus Cheirogale—Bushy Tails—Resemblance to the Hapalemur— Nocturnal Habits—Difficult to distinguish—The Forked-Crowned Cheirogale—Wonderful Powers of Leaping —Cry—Reason for the Name—A Nest-making Variety—Specimens in the Jardin des Plantes—Resemblance to the Galagos. The animals which are included in the genus Lemur are popularly called by the French the Makis. They are restricted, geogi-aphically, to Madagascar, and to some of the adjacent islands, and are not found elsewhere. Instead of roaming along the boughs and through the woods with a restless acti\ity during the night, after the manner of the Lemuroida already described, the Makis move, gambol, and jump with gi-eat agility by daylight. Resting during the hours of the night, they run along the branches after daylight, searching for their food, which consists principally of fruit and occasionally birds' eggs, and even of the small birds themselves. They are very active, and as the conformation of then- limbs adapts them for an arboreal existence, they rarely come to the gi-ound. Having, without exception^ all the peculiarities of animals which move and prey by day, it is very. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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