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Fur long and soft t)n the head and shoulders. Hairs of 

 crown especially long, standing vertically upright everywhere, 

 so that there are no centres of convergence or divergence, but 

 that along the median line is somewhat longer than that on 

 the sides, and there is therefore an ill-defined crest. Colours 

 of crt)wn, sides of body from axilla, haunches, and outer sides 

 of legs to ankles, brilliant red, rather more chestnut on the 

 head and paler on the lower legs. Hands, outer sides of arms 

 to shoulders, nape and central line down the back from the 

 withers on to the base of the tail deep glossy black. In some 

 cases the black line down the back is broken with a mi.xture of 

 red and black hairs. 



Eyebrows black, contrasting markedly with the red 

 forehead ; short hairs of face, whiskers, hairs of ears, sides of 

 neck, whole of chin, chest and bell}', and lines down inner 

 sides of arms to wrists, and legs to ankles glossy white, with a 

 faint 3'ellowish suffusion. 



Tail above black basallv, gradually becoming duller at 

 the tip. 



Type of species Miri River, Sarawak (C. Hose). Batang 

 Lupar River (C. Hose). Bakam River (C. Hose). 



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 FAMIJ.Y LEMURID.E. " 



GENUS NY C T I C E P. U S . 

 nycticp:bus tardigra.dus. 



Nycticcbus tardigradus^ L. Syst. Nat. page 44 (1766). 



Fu£^close and woolly, covering the whole ot the face and body 

 with the exception of the nose and lips. The short hairy ears 

 rfnd the short tail are almost concealed beneath the fur. As a 

 rule there are four incisors in the upper jaw, but one or both 

 of^the outer pair may be wanting. Each eye is surrounded by 

 a dark brown circle, broadest above ; nose and, soles oT the feet, 

 Qesii colour where naked. Habits purely nocturnal and 

 arboreal. This animal feeds on leaves and shoots of trees, 

 fruits, insects, bird's eggs, and young birds. It sleeps rolled 

 up in a ball, its head and hands buried between its thighs, and 

 wakes up in the dusk of evening to commence its nocturnal 

 rambles. The female bears but one young one at a time. The 

 Dyak name is ' Kukong,' and the Kayans call it ' Bcngkong.' 

 It is a low country species. 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Niah River (C. Hose). 



