. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. PRIMA TES they make the woods resound with their loud cries. They feed not only on fruits and buds, but also on eggs, young birds, and insects. When at rest or sleeping they generally coil their long, bushy tails around their bodies, apparently for the sake of the warmth it affords. They have either one or two young ones at a birth, which are at first nearly naked, and are. Pig. 328.—The Eing-tailed Lemur (lemur mtla). carried about, hanging close to and almost concealed by the hair of the mother's belly. After a while they
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. PRIMA TES they make the woods resound with their loud cries. They feed not only on fruits and buds, but also on eggs, young birds, and insects. When at rest or sleeping they generally coil their long, bushy tails around their bodies, apparently for the sake of the warmth it affords. They have either one or two young ones at a birth, which are at first nearly naked, and are. Pig. 328.—The Eing-tailed Lemur (lemur mtla). carried about, hanging close to and almost concealed by the hair of the mother's belly. After a while they change their position and mount upon the mother's back, where they are carried about until they are able to climb and leap by themselves. Though no member of the IndrisiiKB has as yet lived long enough in captivity to be brought alive to Europe, various species of Lcmurince are commonly seen m menageries, and often breed in England. They present a great tendency to variation in their colouring, in consequence of which many nominal species have been made. The most distinct, and at the same time most beautiful, is the Ring-tailed Lemur (Z. catfa. 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 Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, A. and C. Black
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