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LEMUR.

THERE are more than a dozen species of the genus
lemur. In the one before us the fur is varied with large
patches of black, on a pure white ground; the hands
and the feet are black, and a full white ruff surrounds
the face. There is a specimen iu the collection of the
Zoological Society.

The tribe of lemurs are chiefly found in the great
island of Madagascar, where they appear to take the
place which monkeys hold in other countries, and of
which they are, as it were, the representatives or sub-
stitutes.

Not much is at present known of their habits in
their natural state; but in captivity they become ex-
ceedingly tame, fond of being noticed, and constantly
climbing and leaping with surprising agility; and, being
of a chilly nature, they delight in basking in the sunshine,
or the warmth of a fire. When undisturbed, however,
they roll themselves up into the form of a ball, and,
with their long tails wound round their bodies, sleep
in this position during a great portion of the day.

On account of the pointed noses of these animals,
and their general resemblance to monkeys, they have
been called fox-nosed monkeys. Mr. KE. T. Bennett says,
in describing them, “Their hands and feet are equally
well formed for grasping with those of the monkeys, to
which they approximate very closely in the more essential
points of their internal structure; the fore-fingers of
the posterior extremities have long subulate claws, while

the nails of all the other fingers are flat; their eyes
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