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THE LIVING WORLD. 
There is a variety of the slow-paced loris in Java (Loris, or Nycticebus java- 
nicus ) and, like its family, it has the first finger on hands and feet turned 
backward. 
The Potto, or Aposora (Perodicticus potto), is a loris whose habitat is West 
African. Its tail, though exceedingly short, is still a real tail; its index finger 
is more than rudimentary, and of its three-quarters of a foot of length the body 
claims two-thirds. Its color is a grayish-chestnut, growing lighter on the under # 
parts; its muzzle is short and sprinkled with scattering white hairs, and it is 
regarded as sacred by the natives. 
The Angwatibo, or Bear Macaque ( Arctocebus calabarensis), is the potto 
of Calabar. It has but an incipient tail, and has its broad, cat-like ears ridged. 
Its body is less than a foot in length, and is covered by a short, thick woolly 
coat, brown dappled with gray. Its second fingers are rudimentary, but its 
thumbs are opposable. It is stoutly and symmetrically built, and its round 
eyes, although not unduly large, are made prominent by its long, slender, 
cylindrical muzzle, enhanced also by the brevity of its ears. 
The Brown Mouse Le¬ 
mur ( Cheirogaleus milii ) is fru- 
givorous and nocturnal. It is 
but a little more than half a 
foot in length, a grayish-brown, 
becoming whitish on the under 
parts ; has a pointed muzzle, pro¬ 
minent eyes, a liberal allowance 
in the matter of ears, and a 
tail which might belong to a 
rat, and which is of no service 
as an extra hand. It walks like 
a quadruped, but when eating it 
behaves like a squirrel. In com¬ 
mon with all the Madagascar 
lemurs it sleeps through the 
winter, supporting life for that 
nd by the fat accumulated in 
its bony. 
The Dwarf Lemur (Microcebus smithii ) is the smallest of the lemurs, and is 
arboreal, feeding upon plants and insects. It belongs to the fauna of Mada¬ 
gascar. 
The Thick-tailed Galago (Galago rrassicaudatus) carries a tail of afoot and 
a third, while the body which is to wag it is but about a foot. It is arboreal and 
nocturnal, and is found in the forests of Mozambique. It is unduly fond of 
palm wine, a beverage said by Sir Samuel Baker to be harmless to man, and 
drinking to excess from the supplies furnished by the natives recovers its ordi¬ 
nary faculties to find itself a captive. 
The Little Galago, or Madagascar Rat (Galago demioffi), resembles a 
rat in size and in coloring. Its large ears are perfectly translucent, and its eyes 
are full and lustrous. 
The Moholi (Galago moholi ) is a larger species whose coloring is gray 
above, white beneath, golden on the legs, and brown at the extremity of the 
bear macaque (Arctocebus calabarensis ). 
very brief period by an inactive digestion 
