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MAMMALIA. 



Is KRIS LICHANOTUS, lUifier. 



Have teeth like the preceding, except that there are only four below. One 

 species only is known; it has no tail; is three feet high : black ; face grey ; the 

 Lemur Indri of Sonnerat, Voy. I. pi. 86. The inhabitants of Madagascar 

 tame and train it like a dog for the chase. 



LORIS STENOPS, lUiyer. 



The Lazy Monkeys, as they are called, have teeth like 

 the Makis, the grinders excepted, the points of which 

 are more acute; they have the short muzzle of a mastiff; 

 body slender; no tail; large eyes; tongue rough. 



They feed on insects, occasionally on small birds 

 and quadrupeds, their gait is excessively slow, and mode of life nocturnal. 

 Two species only are known, both of them from the East Indies : one is the 



Lem. tardigradus, L. (The Slow Loris, or Sloth of Bengal,) which is fawn- 

 coloured grey, a brown streak along the back ; two of the upper incisors are 

 sometimes wanting. The slowness of gait, in this species, caused it to be 

 mistaken for the sloth, in some cases. The second species is called the Slender 

 Loris, L. gracilis, distinguished from the Slow Loris by having no streak 

 down the back, and by being rather smaller. 



GALAGO, Geoffrey OTOLENEL-S, lUiger. 



Have the teeth and insectivorous regimen of the preceding ; elongated tarsi, 

 which produce a disproportion in the dimensions of their hind feet; a long 

 tufted tail; large membranous ears and great eyes, which announce nocturnal 

 habits. 



There are several species known, all from Africa. It appears also that we 

 should refer to them an animal of that country (Lemur potto, Gm.), whose 

 gait is said to be as slow as that of the Loris and Sloths. 



TARS IDS. 



Elongated tarsi, and all the other details of form belonging to the preceding 

 division ; but the space between the molars and incibors is occupied by several 

 shorter teeth; the middle superior incisors are lengthened, and resemble 

 canini. The muzzle is very short, and the eyes still larger than those of the 

 Galago. They are nocturnal animals, and feed on insects. From the Moluccas. 

 Lemur spectrum, Pall. 



ORDER III. 



CARNARIA*. 



This order consists of a considerable and varied assemblage of unguiculated 

 quadrupeds, possessing like Man and the Quadrumana the three sorts of teeth, 



Flesh-eating animaK 



