1 4 LEMURID^E. 



tinguished 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 Nycticebinw. 



Gen. NYCTICEBUS, Geoffroy. 



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 ; teeth, incisors, or canines, HL- ; molars, 



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6 6 = 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 coecum and colon 

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

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

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



10. Nycticebus tardigradus. 



Lemur apud GEOFFROY. Stenops javanicus, Auct. N. bengalensis, 

 GEOFFROY. HORSFIELD, Cat. 25. BLYTH, Cat. 47. Lajja banar, or 

 Lajjawoti-banar, Beng., i. e., the bashful monkey. Sharmindi billi, 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 J inches; tail, | of an 

 inch ; another was 1 6 inches long. 



This species is joined to N. 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 



