454 MAMMALIA. 



V**. fig. 5. — Face lengthened, like a dog's ; ears short, tufted ; 

 face, abdomen, and rump, white ; all the other parts of the body 

 bluish-black ; fur silky, and thick ; nails flat, but pointed. Three 

 feet and a half, when standing erect. Inhabits Madagascar. 



Genus 1 7. — Lemur. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth * ; canines J— J ; grinders 

 sZs) total 32; upper incisory teeth united in pairs; lower ones 

 long and inclined ; grinders with a tubercle on their crown ; 

 head long, triangular, with a slender muzzle; ears short and 

 rounded ; two pectoral mammae ; fourth toe of the feet longer 

 than the others ; tail longer than the body, not prehensile ; hair 

 soft and woolly. 



Lemur macaco. — The Macaco, or Ruffed Lemur — Plate 

 V**. fig. 10. — Fur entirely black ; head gray; with black patches 

 round the eyes ; tail long and bushy : hair of the cheeks very 

 long : some individuals are covered with black and white patches. 



About twenty inches long. Inhabits Madagascar See vol. II. 



p. 444, The Vari. 



Genus 18. — Loris. — Geoffrey. 



Generic Character. — Incisory teeth \, canine }-}, grinders f-J, 

 total 36. Upper incisory teeth very small, and separated in the 

 middle ; grinders with sharp pointed crowns ; head round ; 

 muzzle reflected ; nose rather long ; eyes very large ; ears short 

 and hairy : with four pectoral mammae : tailless. The bones of 

 the legs distinct, and the tibia larger than the femur : the tarsus 

 and metatarsus equal in length. 



Loris gracilis. — The Slender Loris. — Plate V**. fig- 6. — 

 Described, vol. II. p. 444. 



Genus 19. — Nycticebus. — Geoffroy. 



Generic Character. — Cutting teeth iflf, canines J-J, grinders 

 ^2% ; total 34 or 36. Intermediate cutting teeth separate ; 

 lateral ones small, — awanting in some species ; crowns of ante- 

 rior grinders large, hollow in the centre ; tuberculated at the 

 angles : body strong ; head round ; muzzle short, bent upwards ; 

 ears short and hairy ; tail short ; with two pectoral mammae. 



Nycticebus Bengalensies. — Slow Lemur. — Plate VI. fig. 9. 

 , — Fur pale reddish-brown ; dorsal line brown, with four upper 



