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

family Lemuridae (see See also:

• PRIMATES
• PRIMATES (Lat. primas, first)

PRIMATES) it typifies the subfamily Indrisinae, which includes the See also:

• AVAHI

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 (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, but is usually See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

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 (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form its See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, Shoots, See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers and berries form the See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food of the indri, which was first discovered by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French traveller and naturalist See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre Sonnerat in 1780 . (R .