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Genus Nycticebus, Geoffroy. 
47. K TARDIGRADUS (F. Cuv. Mamm, Lith. 11, 20). 
Syn. Lemur tardigradus et N. javanicus, Geoffroy. 
Stenops javanicus et St, tardigradus, Van der 
Hoeven. 
Shirmindi Billi, and Lajja Bdnur, H. ; Ka^ 
hang, Malay, and a larger variety — Bruh- 
Samiindi, (liaffles) ; Tukang, Jav. ' Sloth' of 
Europeans in India :* or, better, ' Slow 
Loris.' 
Hab. Eastern Bengal, Sylliet, Asam, and eastern 
shores of the Bay of Bengal to Malayan penin- 
sula, Sumatra, J ava, and Borneo ; Siam. 
A. Variety (?) inhabiting Bengal and Asam, southward 
to Tenasserim ; two upper incisors only : gene- 
ral color pale, with no distinct dark stripes on 
forehead and temples. 
A, Adult, and B. Young : from Tippera. F. 
Skipwith, Esq. (1846). C. Skull. 
B. Malayan peninsula variety (? ) icith four upper 
incisors ; the fur deeper in coloring, and no de- 
fined dark markings upon the head. 
D. Adult. E. Smaller, from Malacca. Rev. 
F. J. Lindstedt(1846). F. Another. Mr. Bell 
(1857), J. A. S. YI, 240. G. Skull of ^. 
IL SkuU of F. 
C. Javanese variety (?) with two upper incisors only ; 
and five well defined broad dark stripes meeting 
toivards the occiput, one from each eye, another 
from each ear, and the fifth continued to form 
the medial dorsal streak, 
I. Adult, from Java. Presented by the Bata- 
vian Society (1845). 
N, B. — These races need further investiga- 
tion ; and Bennett's figure ( Gard. and Menag. Z. 
Soc. I, 139), cannot well be referred to either of 
them. 
* " Little BradT/pus" of Heifer ! J. A. S. VII, 859. 
