18 LORI S 



not impossible for them to reside in a locality covered by dense forests 

 and be quite unknown to the people inhabiting the district. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



A. White streaks between eyes. 



a Upper parts plain brown L. tardigradtis. 



b Upper parts brownish gray L. lydekkerianus 



LORIS TAEDIGEADUS (LinilffiUs). 



Lemur tardigradus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 29; I, 1766, p. 44. 

 Lemur gracilis E. Geoff., Mag. Encyclop., 1796, p. 48; Id. Ann. 

 Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 163, (Ceylon) ; Gray, 

 List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 16; L Geoff., Cat. Pri- 

 mates, 1851, p. 79, (Ceylon) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl., 

 1852, p. 9; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc, Pt. 1881, 

 p. 97; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1888, p. 47, (Part.) ; 

 Beddard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 145, fig. 3, (Brain) ; 

 Forsyth-Major, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 140, figs. 

 40,42. 

 Lemur ceylonicus Fisch., Anat. Maki, 1804, p. 28, t. XII. 

 Stenops gracilis Kuhl, Beitr., 1820, pp. 37, 47, t. VI, fig. 2 ; Van der 

 Hoeven, Tijdsch. Natur. Ges., XI, 1844, p. 39, pi. I, No. 4; 

 Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 109 ; Kelaart, Faun. Zelan., 

 1852, p. 9; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 159. 

 Nycticebus lori Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 70. 

 Nycticebus gracilis (Ceylon), Blainv., Osteog., 1841, Atl., Lemur, 

 pi. H; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 284, (Ceylon). 

 Arachnocebus lori Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 243. 

 Stenops tardigradus Schinz, Syn. Mamm., 1844, p. 168; Fitzing., 

 Sitzungsb. Metth. Naturw. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1870, p. 698 ; 

 Lydekk., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, II, p. 346, pi. XXIII, 

 fig- 4. 

 Loris gracilis Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 

 1856, p. 211, t. IX, f^gs. 33,34. 



CEYLON SLENDER LORIS. 



Type locality. Ceylon. 

 Geogr. Distr. Island of Ceylon. 



Color. Above wood brown tinged with tawny and slightly 

 clouded with blackish, with much silvery gloss in certain lights ; throat, 



