[The first part of the Malagasy name varikandana or varianda. Cf. varikosy the broad-nosed lemur.] The ruffed lemur, Lemur varius.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1776), IV. 241. The Vari is much larger than either of the former [i.e., mococo and mongoz]…; it has a kind of ruff round the neck, consisting of very long hair.
1785. Smellie, Buffon’s Nat. Hist. (1791), VII. 228. The vari is larger, stronger, and more ferocious than the maucauco.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIII. 420/1. The Vari, to which the name of Lemur Macaco has been applied by modern authors, is given by Linnæus as Var[iety] d. of that species.
