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Lemur Tardigradus. 
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are directed upwards, in 2 fine bows, the convexity of which is lateral ; and these 
branches have consequently, when seen from the front, the lunated form so often 
observed in the horns of the ox. 
These lower branches diverge from the owftide of the -main stems : the upper 
branches, on the contrary, are put off inwardly from the main stems, that is, m 
this particular pair of horns they are— for, in all the others I possess, both 
upper and lower branches are put off outwardly from the trunks of the horns. 
Note regarding the Bubaline Antelope described in No. 28. The term Bubahne 
is pre-occupied, having been applied to the Hartebeest Antelope of South Africa : we 
must therefore provide another name for the Thar of these hilln, or rather we » I 
follow the modern usage and make both the vulgar and learned name one, by des. B 
nating it the Thar Antelope, Antelope Thar. 
Valley of Nepal, August 20 th, 1831. 
VI.— Notice regarding the Anatomical Structure of the Tongue oj the 
Lemur Tardigradus , or Sloth of Bengal. By J. Taylor, Esq. 
In addition to the singular distribution of the axillary and iliac 
parallel branches, discovered by Sir A. Carlisle, tn th, and other slow-mon* 
animals, the Lemur tardigradus presents, on dissection, a renter , 
connected with its tongue, which, as far as I know, has not yet been 
comparative anatomists. . „_ cj . n fthe 
The tongue of the animal is slender, narrow, and elongated, as in m 
s» adrumana, and possesses upon its superior surface, at its base, * 
or incupped papillae, (similar to those of the Simla Maimm tm&Sirnxaj^V ^ 
arranged in the form of a triangle, the apex of which is dtrec f , 
pharynx. But what renders it peculiar and worthy of notice, is the «• ^ 
body not unlike the tongue itself in shape, occupying the sara ^f 
apparently performing the same office, as the lytta (commonly called the 
the tongue) in the dog. This supernumerary lingual organ measnr b ^ 
inch in length, and half an inch in breadth, and can be protruded from „ ■„ 
to a considerable distance, as may be observed whtle the animal is dun J 
of a white colour and of a firm anil dense texture, being composed ot ^ 
cartilaginous plate, covered with an elastic tendinous membrane; by t ^ 
of which it is attached to the under surface of the tongue on one si , ^ 
genio-glosH muscles on the other. Its anterior extremity or apex is . 
divided into several sharp pointed processes, somewhat resembling 
comb, while at its sides it presents a fimbriated appearance like that de* 
Cuvier* in the tongue of the opossum. It differs both in its gure an ^ 
therefore, from the vermiform fasciculus of tendinous fibres, foun m j t( 
situation in the dog, but appears, nevertheless, to execute the same unc r(jS) 
viz. to assist the tongue in taking up liquids by lapping. Casserius, an a ^ 
Blumenbach ascribed this use to the lytta in the clog— the latter ana ° ’ u01 ; 
observing a corresponding structure and similar mode of drinking, m ^ 
and as the Lemur takes up liquids in the same manner as these anima - 
may infer that the organ here described is also subservient to that purpoi. . 
Dacca , 12 th October , 1831. 
* Lefons D’Anatomie Compare, Tome 11. p. 688. 
