92 LEMTJUID^. 



Section B. Fore and hind leys equal. Tail none. Feet short. 



Tribe V. LOMSINA. 



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

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



Loridina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1823. Lorisina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1803, 

 p. 140. 



Fig. 17. 



Loris. Nycticebus. Pcrodicticus. (Mivai't.) 



12. NYCTICEBUS. 



Head subglobose. Body and limbs stout and strong. 



Brailicebus, Geoff. Bradycebus, Blainv. ; Lesson. Nycticebus, Cuvier, 

 1795 ; Geoff. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 149; Mivart, P. Z. S. 1804, 

 p. 043. Stenops, Llliger. Bradyleniur, Blainv. Cucang, Cuvier. 

 Tardigradus, Podd. 



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 tardigradus, Baffles, Linn. Trans, viii. p. 247 ; Bennett, Gard. 

 Zool. Soc. p. 139, fig. Stenops tardigrad us, Hoeven, Nat. Tijdschr 

 viii. p. 345, t. 0. f. 3, 4, 8. Lemur tardigradus, Linn. S. N. Tar- 

 digradus cucang, Bodd. Nycticebus Bengalensis, Geoff'. ; Vos- 

 maer, t. ; Buff on, II. N Supp. vii. t. 30 ; Audeb. Loris, 1. 1 ; Mamm. 

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



Hub. Borneo and Sumatra. 



2. Nycticebus javanicus. B. M. 



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

 and forehead white ; upper cutting-teeth 2. 



Nycticebus javanicus, Geoff. 1812; Ann. Mus. xix. p. 104; V. d. 

 Hoeven, Nat. Tijdschr. viii. p. 345, t. 0. f. 1, 2, 3, 1, 7. 1. 5-7. 



Ilab. Java. 



See Nycticebus ceylonicus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. p. 104; 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. Ilab. Ceylon. May be only a variety 

 of the former. 



