62 MAMMALIA. QUADRUMANA. 



very short. About a foot in length. Inhabits Bengal. Shaw, i. 



pi. 29. 



A nocturnal animal, very slow in its motions, and emitting a monotonous cry. 



N. Javanicus, Geoff. Desm. Javanese Loris. Fur red ; with a deep- 

 er-coloured dorsal line ; muzzle narrow ; only two upper incisors ; 

 tail short. Size of the preceding Inhabits Java. 



N. Ceylonicus, Desm. Geoff. (Cercopithccus Zeylonicus, Seba.) Cey- 

 lon Loris. Fur blackish-brown, entirely black upon the back 



Inhabits Ceylon. 



Gen. 21. GAL AGO, Geoff. Cuv. Lacep. 



Incisors y-^, canines ^-^, molars f-f 34 or 36. Superior 

 incisors separated in the middle, and within the canines ; the 

 inferior ones inclined, the two external being the largest ; mo- 

 lars with sharp points, the first on each side above and be- 

 low having but one ; two pectoral mammae ; bead rounded ; 

 muzzle short ; ears large, membranous, and naked ; eyes very 

 large, approaching ; posterior members very long ; tail long, 

 covered with hair, not prehensile. 



The Galagos are nocturnal animals, and have much of the manner of monkeys 

 and squirrels. They are in general gentle, perch constantly on the branches of trees, 

 where they catch insects with their hands and devour them quickly. They make 

 their nests in the branches of the trees, and cover a bed with grass and leaves for 

 their young. With the natives of Senegal they are an article of food. 



G. Madagascariensis, Desm. Geoff. {Lemur murmus, Penn.) The 

 little Galago. Fur red ; ears a half as long as the head ; tail longer 

 than the body, covered with short hair; four superior incisors, 

 body about six inches long Brown, Illus. Zool. pi. 44. 



G. crassicaudatus, Desm. Geoff. The great Galago. Fur of a gray- 

 red ; ears two-thirds of the length of the head ; tail much tuft- 

 ' ed; four upper incisors. About the size of a rabbit Cuv. 

 Regne Anim. iv. t. 1. 



G. Gumensis, Desm. (Lemur potto, Lin.) Fur red, ash-coloured 

 when young ; tail of medium length. Inhabits Guinea. 



G. Demidoffii, Geoff. Desm. Fischer. Fur red-brown ; ears not so 

 long as the head ; tail longer than the body, reddish and tufted. 

 Size less than the common rat ; only two upper incisors Sup- 

 posed from Senegal. 



G. Senegalensis, Geoff. Desm. Fur gray-red ; ears as long as the 

 head ; tail longer than the body, red and tufted ; two upper in- 

 cisors. Size of the rat. Inhabits Senegal. 



Gen 22. TARSIUS, Cuv. Geoff. Lemur, Pallas. Didelphis, 



Lin. 



Incisors f , canines ^-j, molars f- = 34. Superior incisors 

 contiguous, unequal ; the intermediate ones large ; the infe- 

 rior small and crowded by the neighbouring teeth ; canines 



