. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum. Monkeys; Lemurs; Pteropodidae. 11. INDRIS. 91 than the metatarsus. Tail rudimentary, very short. The great toe very long, slender, and covered with hair, Lichanotua, Illiger, 1811. Pithelemur, Lesson, 1840. Indris, Lac6p.; Oeoff. Indri, Cuvier. StoUcnus, Fkm. Indris brevicaudatus. Black Indri. Blackish; ears short, rounded; muzzle, abdomen, and inside of limbs greyish; loins vrhite. Indris brevicaudatus, Oeoff. Ann, Mus. xix. p. 157. Lemur indri, Gmel. i. p. 42. Lichanotus niger, Oray. L. indri,
. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum. Monkeys; Lemurs; Pteropodidae. 11. INDRIS. 91 than the metatarsus. Tail rudimentary, very short. The great toe very long, slender, and covered with hair, Lichanotua, Illiger, 1811. Pithelemur, Lesson, 1840. Indris, Lac6p.; Oeoff. Indri, Cuvier. StoUcnus, Fkm. Indris brevicaudatus. Black Indri. Blackish; ears short, rounded; muzzle, abdomen, and inside of limbs greyish; loins vrhite. Indris brevicaudatus, Oeoff. Ann, Mus. xix. p. 157. Lemur indri, Gmel. i. p. 42. Lichanotus niger, Oray. L. indri, lUiger. Indri maucaco, Penn. Quad. i. p. 228. Indri niger, Audeb. Indris, t. 7. f. 1. Indri, Sonnerat, Voy. Ind. ii. t. 688; Schreb. t. 38, c. Pithe- lemur indri, Lesson, Spec. Mamm. i. p. 208. Var. white, called Simpoune. Indris albus, Vinson, Compt. Rend. Iv. p. 829. Hah. Madagascar. Kg. Indris h-evicaudatus. (Huxley.) The claws, like those of most of the Lemuridce, when perfect, are keeled, and end in an acute tip. SkuU. Length 3" 10'", breadth 2" 3". The four lower cutting-teeth of the Indris occupy about the same space as the six in the other genera, the central ones being broader, while in the other genera the two central pairs are very much com- pressed and slender; and the upper cutting-teeth are stronger and broader; indeed the general character of the skuU is to be stronger, though the teeth are fewer. In other respects there is very little difference in the 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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