32 NYCTICEBUS 



Nycticebus mexagensis Lydekker. 



Nycticebus menagensis Lydekker, Zool. Record, XXIX, 1893, 

 p. 25, Mamm. 



? menagensis Nachtrieb, Zcx)l. Anzeig., 



XV, 1892, p. 147 ; Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., I, 1908, 8th 

 Ser., p. 469 : Lyon, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXII, 1909, p. 89. 



PHILIPPINE SLOW LORIS. 



Type locality. ?. Native name Cocane. 



Geogr. Distr. Philippine Islands. 



Genl. Char. Head round ; snout short and fiat ; eyes brown, large 

 and round, and slightly prominent; ears about 9/16 in. and hardly 

 projecting beyond hair of head. Neck so short as to give head appear- 

 ance of being set squarely on shoulders. Nails of hands flat. Hind 

 legs very crooked, (bowed) with feet turned sharply inwards. General 

 color light rufous, hairs being dark at base, then gray changing to 

 light rufous, with very short gray tips. 



"White line between eyes extending backward 1 in. from base of 

 nose. Face around eyes dark rufous, the markings extending upwards 

 on forehead. The effect produced is a heart-shaped mark of dark 

 rufous on face, the point of heart being on forehead, the eyes occupying 

 two lobes and separated by the white mark which does not run to tip 

 of heart. Sides of head at back, and of neck, have hairs broadly 

 tipped with gray. Broad stripe of dark brown extends backward for 

 55^ in. along spine tapering to a point. Hairs of arms lighter rufous 

 than that of back. Back of head gray, nearly white. Back of feet 

 grayish. Hair on back of body, arms and legs thick and soft, making 

 a fine fur like that of Galeopithecus. On under surface of body 

 hair is thinner and somewhat lighter in color than on back. About the 

 genitals is buffy white. 



Measurements. "Total length, IIJ/2 in. Tail, Yz in." 



"This curious little animal is known to the natives of the region 

 it inhabits as cocane. An adult specimen from which the description 

 was taken, was kept alive by us for seven days. Its movements were 

 sluggish except in biting when its sudden and unexpected activity 

 proved a painful surprise. It moved with equal ease along the upper 

 and lower sides of a small branch or rope, and progressed quite as 

 rapidly backward as forward. On the floor it was not at home and 

 presented a most ludicrous appearance, tumbling along on all fours 

 with feet nearly as far apart as those of a turtle, and its body barely 



