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LEMUEIDJ::. 



Section B. Fore mid hind legs eqxal. Tail none. Feet short. 



Tribe V. LORISINA. 



The fore and hind legs nearly equal in length. Feet short, broad. 

 Great toe very broad. Tail none. Index finger short. 



Loridina, Grai/, Ann. Phil. 1823. Lorisina, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1803, 

 p. 149. 



Fig. 17. 



Lnris. 



Nijcticelms. 



Perodicticus. (Mivart. 



12. NYCTICEBUS. 



Head subglobose. Body and limbs stout and strong. 



Bradicebus, G-Vrt^. Bradyeebus, -B/rt/wr. ; Lesson. Nycticebus, Ciivier, 

 1795 ; Geoff. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 149 ; Mivart, P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 643. Stenops, Illiger. Bradylemur, Plainv. Cucang, Cuvier. 

 TardigTadus, Bodd. 



1. Nycticebus tardigradus. The Slow Lemur. B. M. 



Yellowish ashy, with a brown dorsal streak ; forehead brown, nar- 

 row whitish streak between the eyes ; cutting-teeth 4 above. 



Lemur tardigTadus, Ruffes, Linn. Trans, viii. p. 247 ; Bennett, Gard. 

 Zool. Soc. p. 139, fig. Steuops tardigradus, Hoeven, Nat. Tijdschr 

 \\\i. p. 345, t. 6. f. 3, 4, 8. Lenuu- tardigTadus, Linn. S. N. Tar- 

 digradus cucang, Bodd. Nycticebus Jteiigalensis, Geoff. ; Vos- 

 maer, t. ; Biffon, H. N. 8upp. vii. t. 30 ; Audeb. Loris, t. 1 ; Mamni. 

 Lith. t. ; Kniffht, Mus. A. N. f. 202. 



Hab. Borneo and Sumatra. 



2. Nycticebus javanicus. B. M. 



Yellowish, with a broad dorsal streak ; nose, interorbital region, 

 and forehead white ; upper cutting-teeth 2. 



Nvcticebus javanicus, Geoff. 1812; Ann. Mus. xix. p. 164; V. d. 

 'Hoeven, Nat. Tijdschr. viii. p. 345, t. 0. f. 1, 2, 3, t. 7. f. 5-7. 



Ilab. Java. 



See Nycticehvs ceijlomcus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. p. 164; Seba, 

 i. t. 47. f. 1. Lemur tardigradus, var. c, Lesson, Spec. 

 Mamm. i. p. 242. Blackish brown ; back black, tinted with 

 yellow ashy on the belly. HaJi. Ceylon. May be only a variety 

 of the former. 



