_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.
(_Plate X._)
CHARACTERS.--Fur woolly; the head nearly round; the face short in
proportion to the head; muzzle short, covered with hair; the nose and
region of the chin hairy; nose-pad on lip large; nostrils opening into a
cavity on the upper lip below the skin. Eyes large, the pupil vertical;
ears small, concealed in fur. Tail a little longer than the body; body
short, stumpy. Third, fourth and fifth fingers flattened; third and fourth
toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint.