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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 501 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INDRI , a Malagasy word believed to mean " there it goes," but now accepted as the designation of the largest of the existing Malagasy (and indeed of all) lemurs. Belonging to the See also:

family Lemuridae (see See also:PRIMATES) it typifies the subfamily Indrisinae, which includes the See also:avahi and the sifakas (q.v.). From both the latter it is distinguished by its rudimentary tail, measuring only a couple of inches in length, whence its name of Indris brevicaudalus. Measuring about 24 in. in length, exclusive of the tail, the indri varies considerably in See also:colour, but is usually See also:black, with a variable number of whitish patches, chiefly about the loins and on the fore-limbs. The forests of a comparatively small See also:tract on the See also:east See also:coast of See also:Madagascar See also:form its See also:home, Shoots, See also:flowers and berries form the See also:food of the indri, which was first discovered by the See also:French traveller and naturalist See also:Pierre Sonnerat in 1780. (R.

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