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THE LEMUR TRIBE. 



THE animals composing the present tribe have 

 a considerable resemblance to the Monkies in their 

 habits and manners, as well as in their hand-like 

 paws. They differ from them principally in the 

 shape of the head, which is somewhat like that of a 

 Fox, and in the length of their hind legs. Except 

 in using their paws as hands, none of these creatures 

 have any resemblance whatever to mankind. 



The principal Lmnean characters of the tribe 

 are, four front teeth in tbe upper jaw, the interme- 

 diate ones remote : six long, compressed, parallel 

 teeth in the under jaw : the canine-teeth solitary ; 

 and the grinders somewhat lobated *. 



There are in the whole thirteen species ; but it is 

 only of one of these that we have hitherto been able 

 to obtain any thing except mere description. 



THE SLOW LEMUR -j^. 



The Slow Lemur is about the size of a small Cat, 

 Its body is of an elegant pale brown, or Mouse co- 

 lour. The face is flattish, and the nose somewhat 

 sharpened. The eyes are extremely prominent ; 

 they are surrounded with a circle of dark brown, 

 and a stripe of the same colour runs down the mid- 

 dle of the back. — This animal is found in the Island 

 pf Ceylon, and in various parts of the East Indies. 



* Gmelin, i. 41. 

 t Synonyms. — Lemur Taidigradus. Linn. — Tailless Macauco, 

 Pcnn. Syn. — Loris. Buffo//: the name given to it by the Dutch. — The- 



Vangua or Tatonneur. D'0/;.?o«t77/t'.— Slow Lemur. S/taT. S/ioif'^ 



fcii. Zoo!, pi. 29. Bc%s. 2uad. 400. 



