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MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WORLD 



Fig. 30 — Proboscis Monkey 



LoRiSES. Family Lorisid^e 



This family contains the Asiatic lorises and the African 

 pottos. The slow loris is the only member found in the Malay 

 region. 



The Slow Loris {Nycticehus coucang) occurs from Assam 

 and Indo-China south through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, 

 Borneo, and Java. It is found too on Banka Island, the islands 

 of the Rhio Archipelago, northern Natuna Island, and the 



