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that part extremely long. Of the tailless species 

 the most remarkable is th6 



SLOW LEMUR. 



Lemur Tardigradus. L. ecaudatus subferrugineo-cinereus, linea dor- 



salijiisca, auriculis bre-vissimis. 

 Tailless Lemur, of a subferruginous ash-colour, with a brown 



dorsal line, and very small ears. 

 Lemur tardigradus. L. ecaudatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 44. 

 Lemur Tardigradus. Slow-paced Lemur. Specuh Linn. I. t. 5. 

 I^aresseux pentadactyle de Eengale. Vosmaer, pi. 6. 

 Le Loris de Bengale. Buff, suppl. 7. p. 125. pL 36. 



It is about the size of a small cat, measuring 

 \6 inches in length : its colour is an elegant pale- 

 brown or mouse-colour ; the face flattish : the nose 

 inclining to a sharpened form : the eyes yellow- 

 brown, large, and extremely protuberant; so as 

 to appear, in the living animal, like perfect he- 

 mispheres. They are surrounded by a circle of 

 dark-brown, which also runs down the back of the 

 animal. This species is very slow in its motions, 

 and from this circumstance has actually been 

 ranked by some naturalists among the Sloths; 

 though in no other respect resembling them. It 

 is a nocturnal animal, and sleeps, or at least lies 

 motionless, during the greatest part of the day : 

 its voice is shrill and plaintive. The figure given 

 by Vosmaer exhibits it moving slowly on the 

 ground, and may be considered as a very good 

 representation; having been taken from a living 

 specimen. The figure engraved in the Speculum 

 Linnaeanum is also an accurate representation of 



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