lemur

The angular fissure is well developed, as in Lemur and the Indri; but it does not join the infero-frontal.

Aye-aye (ī-ī; Cheirŏmys madagascariensis), an animal of Madagascar, so called from its cry; now referred to the lemur family.

Excepting the head and this finger, he closely resembles a Lemur.

Lemur, the name given to that low family of monkeys, is from the plural Latin word lemures, meaning ghost or spectre.

The genus Hapalemur has a shorter muzzle than Lemur, and shorter ears.

Lemur catta seems to be the only member of the genus that is not arboreal.

In Lemur catta a more complete rudiment of a marsupial pouch is to be met with.

The flying monkey.In Samar the flying monkey or lemur (the kaguang of the Bisayans—galeopithecus) is not rare.

There are also huge bats, an animal of the monkey tribe called the lemur, hedgehogs, and rabbits.

These teeth, especially the superior molars, are particularly compared to the corresponding teeth of Lemur and Galago.