THE LEMUROIDA. THE GENERA INDRIS AND LEPILEMUR HAPALEMUR. The Name of the Genus Lemur popularly given to the Group--Lemuroida the Correct Name--Their Distinctive Characters--Their Hands and Feet--Ankle-bones--Tail--_Rete Mirabile_--Nostrils--Colour of the Eye--Ears--Teeth--Brain--Resemblance to Monkeys--Their Locality--Lemur at Liberty--Its Playfulness--Division of the Lemurs--Beauties of Madagascar--GENUS INDRIS--Described by Grandidier--Their Locality--Colour--Fingers--Teeth--THE DIADEM INDRIS--Specimens at the British Museum--Little known about it--THE WOOLLY LEMUR--Described by Sonnerat--THE SHORT-TAILED INDRIS--Distinguished by its Tail--Its Skull--GENUS LEPILEMUR--Their Teeth--Tail--THE WEASEL LEMUR--THE GREY LEMUR--Specimens obtained by Pollen--Their Cry 210 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 CHAPTER XVI. THE LEMUROIDA (_concluded_)--THE GALAGOS. THE GALAGOS--DEMIDOFF’S GALAGO AND THE MOUSE GALAGO--THE SENEGAL GALAGO--THE SENNAAR GALAGO--THE MAHOLI GALAGO--THE GRAND, OR THICK-TAILED GALAGO--MONTEIRO’S GALAGO--THE AFRICAN SLOW LEMURS--VAN BOSMAN’S POTTO--GENUS ARCTOCEBUS, OR BEAR MONKEY TRIBE--THE ANGWÁNTIBO--THE ASIATIC SLOW LEMUROIDS--THE SLOW LORIS--THE SLENDER LORIS--GENUS TARSIUS--THE SPECTRE TARSIER, OR TARSIUS--THE MALMAG--GENUS CHEIROMYS--THE AYE-AYE--The Puzzle of the Naturalists--Opinions regarding it--Specimen Examined by Owen--Feeding--Teeth--Hands--Classification of the Lemuroida--Geographical Distribution 236 CHIROPTERA, OR WING-HANDED ANIMALS. THE BATS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION--CLASSIFICATION OF BATS--THE FRUIT-EATING BATS.