MAMMALS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 35 



Order PHOLIDOTA. 



Family MANID^. 



Genus MAN IS Linnaeus. 



1758. Manis hiNNJEVS, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1 , 36. Type. — Manis penta- 

 dactyla Linnjeus. 



Pangolins or scaly anteaters. Upper parts of body, and tail 

 above and below, covered with homy scales. Three middle 

 claws long and curved. No teeth. 



Manis javanica Desmarest. 



1822. Manis javanica Desmarest, Mammalogie 2, 377. 



Type locality. — Java. Culion (Elera) ; Palawan (Bourns & 

 Worcester) . 



Order PRIMATES. 



Family LEMURID.<E. 



Genus NYCTICEBUS GeoflFroy. 



1812. Nycticebus Geoffkoy, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 19, 163. 

 Type. — Nycticebus bengalensis Geoffroy= Tardigradus coucang 



BODDAEET. 



Slow lemurs. Small nocturnal lorises with no external tail. 

 A white streak between eyes and a dark stripe from head down 

 back. Head and body about 285 millimeters ; hind foot, 66. 



Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker). 



1893. Lemur menagensis Lydekkee, Zool. Rec. (1892), 29, 25. 



1908. Nycticebus philippinus Cabrera, Bol. ReaL Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 



8, $io. 3, p. 137, March. (Mindanao ?) 

 1908. Nycticebus menagensis Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 

 1, 469, June. 



Type locality. — Bongao and Tawi Tawi. Bongao (Bourns & 

 Worcester) ; Bohol (Elera) ; Mindanao ? (Cabrera) ; Tawi Tawi 

 (Bourns & Worcester) . 



Should the slow lemur prove to inhabit Mindanao, and the 

 specimens agree with Cabrera's type of N. philippinus, and dif- 

 fer from the form found in Bongao and Tawi Tawi, both names 

 will stand, though philippinus was proposed chiefly to replace 

 menagensis, which Cabrera supposed to be without standing in 

 nomenclature. 



