The Sub-family has been divided into three genera, Avahis with one species; Propithecus, with three species, and Indris with a single species. All its members are remarkable for the extraordinary amount of variation in the coloration of their fur.
THE AVAHI LEMURS. GENUS AVAHIS.
Avahi, Jourdan, C. R., Journal l'Inst., ii., no. 62, p. 231 (1834).
Avahis, Milne-Edwards and Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., Mamm., i., p. 320 (with full synonymy).
This genus is monotypic, containing but a single species, whose characters include necessarily those of the genus.
I. THE WOOLLY AVAHI. AVAHIS LANIGER.
Lemur laniger, Gm., Syst. Nat., i., p. 44, no. 10 (1788).
Microrhynchus laniger, Jourdan, Thèse inaug. Soc. Phys., Grenoble, 1834; Mivart, P. Z. S., 1866, p. 151, pi. xv.
Avahis laniger, Milne-Edwards and Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., Mamm., p. 325 (with full synonymy), Atlas, pls. 9, 10.
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