CHAPTER XV.

THE LEMUROIDA (_continued_).

THE GENERA LEMUR AND CHEIROGALE.

Called by the French _Makis_--Restricted to Madagascar--Their Activity--Different Species--How to Distinguish them--THE RING-TAILED LEMUR--Reason for the Name--Tail--Colour of Body--Eye--Hand and Foot--Geographical Range--Anatomical Peculiarities--Playfulness in Captivity--THE WHITE-FRONTED LEMUR--Specimen in the Zoological Gardens--THE LEMUR OF MAYOTTE--Where Found--Colour--Manner of Life--THE MONGOOSE LEMUR--Description of one sent to Buffon--THE RUFFED LEMUR--Described by Ellis--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 225