1 4 LEMURID.E. 



tinguislied from monkeys by the two-horned uterus, by the lower jaw 

 remaining permanently divided in the middle, and by the bony orbits 

 being open behind, but with a bony ring separating them from the 

 temporal fossae. The Indian members of this family belong to the sub- 

 family named Nyctlcehince. 



Gen. Nycticebus, Geoflfroy. 

 Char. — Head, round ; muzzle, short and triangular ; ears, short, hairy ; 

 extremities, strong and robust ; thumb, widely separated from the fingers 



in both limbs: tail, short j teeth, incisors, canines, ; molars, 



4 > 1 — 1 



6—6 



g g = 34 or 36. Eyes, large, approximate ; index finger of hand, 



short ; nostrils, projecting beyond the mouth ; body, slender. 



The first molar of the lower jaw is acuminated and incurved, resem- 

 bling a canine tooth. The tongue is long, narrow, and rough, and is 

 supported by a cartilaginous plate. The stomach is almost globular, 

 with the cardiac and pyloric orifices very close. The ccecum and colon 

 are both large. The uterus is long, and there is a large perforated 

 clitoris through which the urethra passes. The base^of the arteries of 

 the limbs are divided into small branches, as in the Sloths. 



10. Nycticebus tardigradus. 



Lemur apud Geoffrot. — Stenops javanicus, Auct. — JV. hengalensis, 

 Geoffroy. — HoRSFiELD, Cat. 25. — Blyth, Cat. 47. — Lajja hanar, or 

 Lajjaicotihanar, Beng., i. e., the bashful monkey. — Sharmindi hilli, H., 

 i, e., the bashful cat. 



The Slow-paced Lemur. 



Descr. — Dark ashy-gray, with a darker band down the middle of the 

 back ; beneath, lighter gray ; forehead in some dark, with a narrow white 

 stripe between the eyes, disappearing above them ; ears and round the 

 eye, dark; tail, very short. Length of one, 14| inches; tail, | of an 

 inch ; another was 1 6 inches long. 



This species is joined to JV. javanicus by Blyth as a local variety. It 

 has only two upper incisors. The Javanese race has also only in general 

 two upper incisors, but it has five well-marked dark stripes on the fore- 

 head and head. The race from the Malay peninsula has usually four 

 upper incisors, and the fur much darker in hue. 



The slow-faced Lemur is only found, within our limits, in the most 



