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in wch poatioo M that each may, if diaturbed, see what U going on 

 behiod UM other, back, tell comfortably wleep." 



There are atveral species, and all that we have Men, K>me of 

 than vry beautiful, and exhibited in UM Zoological Society! 

 Collection at UM Hereof. Park, have been very mild. 



mll/roiu, the White-KronteJ Lemur, may be taken as an 



The fur is ruddy or bronxed-gray above, whitish below ; male with 

 UM front white ; female with the same part of a deep gray snd a 

 black longitudinal line on the top of Uie brad. M. Lewon remark. 

 that UM female U the Maki d'Anjouan of M. Oeoffroy St-Hilaire, and 

 UM Maki aux Pied. Fauve* of BriaMU. 



Wkilr.Frualed Lemur (Umm- allnfrmi). 



The bounding elasticity of this species, when familiar and quite at 

 lU eaee, to wonderful It pitch**, after a leap of many yards, so 

 lightly as hardly to attract the notice of the ear when it alights. If 

 it uke a leap from a Uble to the back of a distant chair, or even to 

 the upper angle of an open door, it never rniarn its hold. Under the 

 potato of UM fingers are elastic cushions, which no doubt asaist it in 

 ming UM*" 'eats. It is a very affectionate animal, and a most 

 Our limiU will not permit us to indulge in an 



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tooe which we kept, and which was suffered to go at large, 

 bred with playing about in the evening, iU favourite perch 

 _ op the instep of the uppermost leg of his master, as he sat cross- 

 kgged before the fire. Having obtained leave, he used to take his 

 eat, wrap his boa-like tail round his shoulders and back, and enjoy 

 fifr nap. 



In Uw catalogue of the 'Specimens of Mammalia,' in the collection of 

 UM British Mueeum, the following species of Lrmwid* are found :- 

 L. *<, the Ruffed Lemur. A native of Madagascar. 

 L. Cfeta, the Ring-Talled Maeauoo. Also a native of Madagascar. 

 L. nw*r. the Red Lemur. From Madagascar. 

 L. fti/nm, the specif* dncribed above. 

 L. migri/rout, the Black-Fronted Macauco. Madsgascar. 

 L. COTOM/M, the Crowned Macauco. Madagascar!* 



to thew the following 



L. mltimnmt, UM Wbite-Uanded Lemur. Madagascar 

 L. rmortfmu, the Red Fronted Lemur. Mmd* 

 L. M***, MontDdMiin. Madagawar. 

 L. A^mmmtit, Anjooan Lemur. Madan 

 L. mftr, BUck Lemur. Madaffaecar. 



<^^* > &'*PM^ dr"" ** r m * n t^r* funil y 



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ta " 'OwtUns and Menagerie of the Zoological 

 * that in an early memoir on the family to which the 

 0*o**7 St-HJUlra diridnl it for the 

 !" of which it w mo.t obviously com- 

 Bennett remark. that M. Oeoffroy has lince carried 



. * 



from UM slente ieri,, with which be hl pre- 

 osJy aewcUM it, in order to form from it and some other douMful 



LET! *F* ic ?-J tT - B " UM ' tt < * DD<>t p* 1 ^" * 



rLC^i Sf-Si" d '~ nitil two "*** > intaly allied 

 Oh Otbar, sad dinVrins; in no DMT* essential character, than the 



Bomewbat greater length of the nose and of the limbs in the one than 

 in the other. For this reason Mr. Bennett prefers M. Oeoffroy's 

 older arrangement, and proceeds, in accordance therewith, to describe 

 the Slow-Paced Lemur as a species of Lorit, which he considers to be 

 a well-marked and circumscribed natural genus, differing from the 

 Lemurs of the same author in many highly important characters. 

 Mr. Bennett adds, that it is to be regretted that M. Oeoffroy should 

 not have applied the latter name to the species to which it was 

 originally given by Linnaeus, and to which alone it is, in Mr. Bennett's 

 opinion, in any degree applicable ; the Madagascar animals at present 

 comprehended under it not presenting, he observes, even one of those 

 characters on which Linmcua himself states that his generic name is 

 founded. 



" In common with the latter group," says Mr. Bennett in continua- 

 tion, " the genus Lorit forms part of that division of the Quadrumanous 

 order which is essentially distinguished by an unequal number or 

 irregular disposition of the incisor teeth in the two jaws ; terminal 

 nostrils with sinuous openings ; and a long subulate or sickle-shaped 

 claw upon the fore-finger of the hinder hands, all the rest of the 

 nails being flat and rounded like those of the greater part of the 

 monkeys and of man. The Lorit differs from the other genera of 

 this family in having four incisors in the upper jaw, placed in pairs 

 with a vacant space between, and six in the lower, directed obliquely 

 forwards; canines of moderate size; twelve molars above ati<l ton 

 below ; a short rounded head and little or no tail. Sometimes, it 

 would appear, the lateral incisors of the upper jaw, which are always 

 smaller than the others, are either entirely wanting or so minute as 

 not to be easily seen. But M. Geoffrey was enabled to detect them in 

 the identical specimen which Vosmaer had declared not to possess 

 them : and it ia by no means improbable that future investigators may 

 ascertain their existence iu the stuffed individuals sent from Java by 

 M. Leschenhault, of which M. Oeoffroy has made a new species, princi- 

 pally on account of the supposed absence of these teeth. In addition 

 to these primary characters, the Lorit are distinguished by large 

 prominent eyes, placed in front of the head and at no great distance 

 from each other ; short ears, scarcely rising through the hair with 

 which they are invested ; a rough tongue ; nostrils projecting beyond 

 the mouth and surrounded by a naked muzzle ; and thumbs widely 

 separated from the fingers, both on the fore and hinder bauds." 



Cuvier states that the Lot-it have the teeth of the Mai-it, only that 

 the points of the molars are sharper ; a short muzzle (museau court 

 d'un doguin) ; a slender body ; no tail ; great approximated eyes ; 

 and a rough tongue. Their nourishment, he says, consists of insects, 

 small birds or quadrupeds ; sometimes their progression is excessively 

 slow, and their habits nocturnal. Sir Anthony Carlisle, he adds, found 

 at the base of the arteries of the limbs the same division into small 

 branches as exists in the true sloths. To this part of their organisation 

 we shall presently allude more at large. Cuvier remarks that two 

 species are known, both from the East Indies Le Loris Paresseux, ou 

 Le Paresseux de Bengalc (Lemur tardigradut, Lino.), and Le Loris 

 Qrdle (L^graeilu); the latter, he remarks, has the nose more raised 

 by a projection of the intermaxillary bones, and upon this difference 

 of the nose M. Oeoffroy has made of the first-named species his genus 

 ffycticebut, and of the second his genus Lorit. 



M. F. Cuvier assigns the following dentition (that of the Great 

 Oalago) 



!, <anu.es, J. molars, -? 



36 



--to the Small Galago, the Slender LorU, the Cingalese Loris, the 

 Slow-Paced Loris or Lemur, and the Dwarf Lemur, with hardly more 

 than very alight exceptions, which are only manifested in the iucwors 

 and false molars. 



The following are the generic characters of Lorit and Xycticcbtu, 

 Geoffrey : 



Lorit. Four upper incisors ; nix lower incisors inclining forwards ; 

 head round, eyes very large, limbs very slender, no tail ; four rnaiumto 

 coming from two mammary glands only. The tibia longer than the 

 femur; ears short and hairy. 



Incisors, _ ; canines, I ; molars, g ~ 8 = 36. 



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Species.!. Loris Grolc, Lorit yracilit, Geoff. ; Le Loris, Btiffon ; 

 Le Tardigradua, Sebo, 2. Loris de Ceylon ; Lorit Ccylvnicut, Fiscb. 



The locality assigned to both these species is Ceylon ; but, according 

 a M. Lesson, neither Geoffroy, Desmarest, nor F. Cuvier admit the 

 second specie., regarding it as a simple variety differing hardly at all 

 from Lorit ffratilit. 



.V.yc<ice*iu. Head round ; muzzle short ; eyes very large ; ears 

 short and hairy; a tail more or less long; extremities strong and 

 robust. 



Incisors, _!__ ; canines, j-Hl; molars, t? = 84 or 36. 



* or 4 11 ,i .1 



The rpecies are .V. Bcngalcntit ; ,V. Jatanicut ; and .V. Ceylonicut. 

 All from the East Indies. 



We here adopt Mr. Bennett's view of the subject, and take the 

 Slender Loris and the Slow-Paced Loris, or Slow Paced Lemur, both 



