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TITE SLOW-LORIS. GENUS NYCTICEBUS. 

 Nydicthus, Geoffr., Ann. du Mus., xix., p. 162 (181 2). 

 Steiiops (nee Illiger), Van der Hoeven, Tijdseh. Nat. Ges., xi., 



p. 39 (1844). 

 Bradycebiis, Cuv. et Geoffr., Mem. Class. Mamm. (1795)- 



This genus, like the Last, is represented by a single species, 

 and its characters, therefore, are detailed below. 



I. THE JAVAN SLOW-LORIS. NYCTICEBUS TARDIGRADUS. 



Lemur tardtgradus, Linn., S. N., i., p. 44 (1766, pt.). 

 NycHcehis beiigalejtsis^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 164 (1812). 

 Nycticebus java7iicus^ Geoffr., t. c. p. 164 (1812); id. Cat. 



Primates, p. 78 (1851); SchL, Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 



286 (1876). 

 Nycticebiis tardigradus^ Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 71, no. 2 



(1829); Is. Geoffr., Cat. Meth. Primates, p. 78 (1851); 



Blyth, Cat. Mam. As. Soc, p. 18 (1863); SchL, Mus. Pays 



Bas, vii., p. 285(1876); Anderson, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., 



p. 94 (i88i)j Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 44 



(1888). 

 Stenops tardigradtis, Van der Hoeven, Tijdschr. Nat. Ges. 



xi., p. 39 (1844) ; Wagner in Schreb., Siiug. Suppl., v., p 



151 (1855)- 

 Stenops JavaniaiSj Van der Hoeven, op. cif., p. 40 (1844) 



Wagner, op. cit, p. 152 ("1855). 

 Nydicebus cinereiis, Milne-Edw., Ann. Mus., vii., p. 161 (1867) 

 id. N. Arch. Mus., iii., p. 9, pi. 3(1867); Anderson, 

 Rep. Zool., Yunnan, p. 103 (1879); SchL, Mus. Pays 

 Bas, vii., p. 286 (1876). 

 Lemur i?ienagensis, Nachtrieb, Zool. Anz., xv., p. 147 (1892). 



{Plate III.) 

 Charficters. — Body larger and fuller than in Loris^ and covered 



3— V. I D 



