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The Loris, commonly, Lazy Monkeys, {Stenops, Illig.) 



The teeth and nails of the Makis, the points of the 

 jaw-teeth sharper. The short muzzle of a young 

 dog, the body slender, and no tail. 



They feed on insects, and sometimes on the 

 smaller birds and quadrupeds. They walk with 

 most extreme slowness. Their mode of life is 

 nocturnal. Mr. Carlisle has found in them, at the 

 base of the arteries of the limbs, the same division 

 into little branches, as in the genuine sloth. 



But two species are known, both belonging to 

 the East Indies. 



The Slow Loris, or Sloth of Bengal, {Lemur tardigradus, 

 L. Buff.) Suppl. VII. xxxvi. 



Fawn-coloured gray. Brown streak along the 

 back. Two incisors sometimes wanting above. 



The Slender Loris, {Lemur gracilis) Buff. XIII. xxx. 

 and better. Seb. I. xlvii. 



Fawn-coloured gray, without the dorsal streak; 

 a little smaller than the preceding, with nose 

 more raised by a projection of the intermax- 

 illaries. 



The Galagos, (Geoff. Otolicnus, Illig.) 



Have the nails, the teeth and the insectiverous re- 

 gimen of the preceding lemurs. Elongated tarsi 

 which give to their hind feet a disproportioned 

 dimension. A long tufted tail, large membranous 



