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lemurs have either no upper front incisors at all or
only rudimentary ones; the mouse-lemurs are
hardly larger than rats, and are remarkable for re-
maining dormant during the hottest period of the
year. The brown mouse-lemur (of which we give
the portrait) was brought to England by Mr. Shaw,
the well-known missionary. The dwarf mouse-lemur
is the animal Buffon described as the rat of Mada-
gascar ; it builds nests of twigs as if it were a rook,
and lines them with hair. The galagos are found
on the African mainland; the large size of their
ears sufficiently distinguishes them ; they are found
practically all over Africa, and have been known for
the last hundred years. The two genera Wycticebus
and Lords are Asiatic; Perodicticus, which includes
the potto and awantibo, is exclusively African. In
earlier times the group hada much wider distribution,
fossil representatives having been found not only in
England and France but in North America. There
are two other families of the lemuroids besides the
Lemuride. These are the Zarsizde and the Chiro-
myid@, each represented by a single genus and a
single species.

The Tarsier derives its name from the frog-like
elongation of its ankle bones. In his Crudse of the
Marchesa, Dr. Guillemard says of one obtained at
Celebes :—‘ The most interesting addition to our mena-
gerie was a tiny lemuroid animal, brought to us by a
native, by whom it was said to have been caught upon
the mainland. These little creatures, which are of
arboreal and nocturnal habits, are about the size of a

small rat, and are covered with a remarkably thick fur,
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