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THE SLOW-LORIS. GENUS NYCTICEBUS. 

 Nycticebus, Geoffr., Ann. du Mus., xix., p. 162 (1812). 

 Stenops (nee Illiger), Van der Hoeven, Tijdsch. Nat. Ges., xi., 



p. 39 (1844). 

 Bradycebus, Cuv. et Geoffr., Mem. Class. Mamm. (1795). 



This genus, like the last, is represented by a single species, 

 and its characters, therefore, are detailed below. 



I. THE JAVAN SLOW-LORIS. NYCTICEBUS TARDIGRADUS. 



Lemur tardigradus. Linn., S. N., i., p. 44 (1766, pt.). 

 Nycticebus bengalensis^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 164 (1812). 

 Nycticebus javanicus^ Geoffr., t. c. p. 164 (1812); id. Cat. 



Primates, p. 78 (1851); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 



286 (1876). 

 Nycticebus tardigradus, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 71, no. 2 



(1829); Is. Geoffr., Cat. Meth. Primates, p. 78 (1851); 



Blyth, Cat. Mam. As. Soc., p. 18 (1863); Schl., Mus. Pays 



Bas, vii., p. 285(1876); Anderson, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., 



p. 94 (1881); Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 44 



(1888). 

 Stenops tardigradus, Van der Hoeven, Tijdschr. Nat. Ges., 



x i-> P- 39 ( I ^ I 44) ; Wagner in Schreb., Saug. Suppl., v., p. 



'5* (1855). 

 Stenops javanicus, Van der Hoeven, op. '/., p. 40 (1844); 



Wagner, op. at., p. 152 ("1855). 

 Nydicebus dnereus, Milne-Edw., Ann. Mus., vii., p. 161 (1867) ; 



id. N. Arch. Mus., iii., p. 9, pi. 3 (1867) ; Anderson, 



Rep. Zool., Yun-nan, p. 103 (1879); Schl., Mus. Pays 



Bas, vii., p. 286 (1876). 

 Lemur menagensis, Nachtrieb, Zool. Anz., xv., p. 147 (1892). 



(Plate ///.) 

 Characters. Body larger and fuller than in Loris, and covered 



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