THE BLACK-FACED LEMUR. LEMUR NIGRIFRONS.
Has a brownish-black band over the forehead, including the eyes; muzzle, patch on top of head including the ears, the side of the head below the ears, sub-auricular tufts, throat and under surface, grey.
THE WHITE-FACED LEMUR. LEMUR ALBIFRONS.
Forehead, top of head, ears, throat, and chest white.
Pure albino varieties are also quite common.
Distribution.—The Mongoose Lemur with its numerous varieties is found throughout the island of Madagascar, in Mayotte, and in Anjuan or Johanna Island, one of the Comoro group.
Habits.—Gregarious and diurnal, feeding on fruits, insects, and small animals.
IV. SCLATER'S LEMUR. LEMUR NIGERRIMUS.
Lemur nigerrimus, Scl., P. Z. S., 1880, p. 451, figs. 1 and 2; Milne-Edw. et Grandid., H. N. Madag., Mamm., pls. 154, 155 (1890).
Lemur macaco (nec L.), Scl., P. Z. S., 1878, p. 1016.