THE SLENDER LORIS. a 
THE SLENDER EORIS. GENUS LORIS:. 
Lorts, Geoffr., Mag. Encycl., Anm 2, 1., p. 48 (1796). 
Stenops, Uliger, Prodr., p. 73 (1811). 
As this genus’contains only a solitary species, its characters 
are necessarily those of the species. 
I. THE SLENDER LORIS. LORIS GRACILIS. 
Loris gracilis, Geoffr., Magas. Encycl. Ann. 4,1., p. 48 (1796); 
eer id. Catal; p. 2%, no: 1 (1803) sid. Ann. Mus. xix. pans 
(i412) >) Ts) Geom, Cat.. Meéth. Primates, ps 79° (2855): 
Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soe, p. 19 (1863); Anderson, 
Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., p. 97 (1881); Blanf., Faun. Brit. 
Ind. Mamm., p. 47 (1888). 
Nycticebus gracilis, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 70 (1829); Schl., 
Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 284 (1876). 
Stenops tardigradus, Uliger, Prodr. Syst. Mamm., p. 73 
(torr, pt.) 
Stenops gracilis, Van der Hoeven, Tijdschr., Nat. Ges., xi., p. 
39 (1844) ; Kelaart, Prod. Fauna Zeyl., p. 9 (1852). 
Characters.—A slender-bodied animal covered with close, soft, 
and woolly fur. Head short and round; eyes very large ; nose 
narrow and much pointed ; ears small and haired externally ; 
tips nude. Limbs long, remarkably slender and angularly 
bent; hands and feet covered with short hair; index-finger 
with three phalanges and finger-bones. 
Skull with eye-sockets closely approximating, in the centre 
separated only by a thin plate of bone ; nasal and premaxillary 
bones prolonged forward to support the narrow pointed nose ; 
cranium, along its base to end of nasal bones, two inches long, 
broader across the orbits than behind in front of the articula- 
tion of lower jaw; bony palate extending back beyond the 
