MA CA Q UE MONKE YS—L O RISES 



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males measure 27 inches, exclusive of a tail of 24 inches or more. This monkey- 

 inhabits the western coast up to Bombay, but in the east is not found north of the 

 Godaveri. In Ceylon the bonnet monkey of southern India is replaced by the 

 toque macaque (M. pileatus), which is perhaps a little smaller and has the hair 

 wavy and rough instead of straight and smooth. In colour it resembles the 

 bonnet monkey, being greyish or 

 brownish above and whitish below. 

 The face is flesh-coloured and the 

 upper lip black, while the naked 

 parts of the ears, hands, and feet 

 are smoky brown. 



The lorises — com- 

 monly miscalled sloths 



by travellers and sportsmen — are 



the sole representatives in India 



and the Malay countries of the 



great group of lemuroids, whose 



headquarters are Madagascar and, 



in a less degree, Africa. The 



slender or true loris (Loris gracilis) 



is much the smaller of the two, 



and is restricted to the lowland 



forests of southern India and 



Ceylon. The slow loris (Nycticebus 



tardigradus), on the other hand, 



extends from Assam and Sylhet 



to the Malay countries, where it 



is represented by a distinct local 



race. In length it may measure 



16 inches, the slender loris being 



only about half that size. The fur 



of the slender loris is soft, close, 



and woolly, greyish in colour, with 



a more or less reddish, and often a 



silvery, tinge on the upper-parts 



and the outer sides of the limbs. 



It feeds partly on fruits and leaves, 



and partly on insects, eggs, and 



small vertebrates, and is very fond 



of honey and syrup. The large eyes of this loris, which are set very close 



together, form a favourite remedy among the uneducated natives for ophthalmic 



diseases, and are also used as love-potions. 



The Indian pangolin or scaly ant-eater (Manis pentadactyla) 

 belongs to another group (the Edentata) of which there are no 



representatives among the European fauna. The range of this species extends 



from Peshawar, Sind, and probably Baluchistan to Bengal and Orissa, and from 



BONNET MACAQUE. 



Indian Pangolin. . 



