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being open behind, but with a bony ring separating them from the tem- 

 poral fossae. The Indian members of this family belong to the sub-family 

 named Nycticehince. 



Gen. Nycticebus, Geofifroy. 



Char. — Head, round ; muzzle, short and triangular ; ears, short, hairy j 

 extremities, strong and robust ; thumb, widely separated from the fingers 



in both limbs ; tail, short ; teeth, incisors, • — - — ; canines, - — - ; molars, 

 2 — ^ = 34 or 36. Eyes, large, approximate ; index finger of hand, 



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short; nostrils, projecting beyond the mouth ; body, slender. 



The first molar of the lower jaw is acuminated and incurved, resembling 

 a canine tooth. The tongue is long, narrow and rough, and is supported 

 by a cartilaginous plate. The stomach is almost globular with the car- 

 diac and pyloric orifices very close. The coecmn and colon are both large. 

 The uterus is long, and there is a large perforated clitoris through which 

 the urethra passes. The base of the arteries of the limbs are divided 

 into small branches as in the Sloths. 



10. Nycticebus tardigradus. 



Lemur apud Geoffroy. — Stenops javanicus, Auct. — N. bengalensiSf 

 Geoffroy. — HoRSFiELD, Cat. 25. — Blyth, Cat. 47. — Lajja banar, or 

 Lajjawoti-hanar, Beng., i. e., the bashful monkey. — Sharmindi billi, H., 

 i. e., the bashful cat. 



The Slow-paced Lemub. 



Descr. — Dark ashy-gray with a darker band down the middle of the 

 back ; heneath, lighter gray ; forehead in some dark, with a narrow white 

 stripe between the eyes, disappearing above them; ears and round the 

 eye, dark ; tail, very short. Length of one, 14 J inches ; tail, f ths of an 

 inch ; another was 16 inches long. 



This species is joined to N. javanicus by Blyth as a local variety. It 

 has only two upper incisors. The Javanese race has also only in general 2 

 upper incisors, but it has five well marked dark stripes on the forehead and 

 head. The race from the Malay peninsula has uBually 4 upper incisors, 

 and tlie fur much (Jaiker in hue. 



