SLOW LEMUR. 81 
that part extremely long. Of the tailless species 
the most remarkable is the 
SLOW LEMUR. 
Lemur Tardigradus. L. ecaudatus suhferrugineo-cinereus , linea dor* 
sali fusca, auriculis hre'vissimis. 
Tailless Lemur, of a subferniginous 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. SpecuL Linn. I. /. 5. 
Pafesseux pentadactyle de Bengale. Vosmaer^ pi. 6. 
Le Loris de Bengale. Buff, suppl. 7./. 1 25.//. 36. 
It is about the size of a small cat, measuring 
16 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 animab like perfect he- 
mispheres. They are surrounded by a circle of 
dark-brovvii, 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 nbcturnal 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 
V. I. 6 ' 
