THE 
SLOW-PACED LEMUR. 
Generic Character. 
Six Cutting Teeth, and two Canine Teeth in each 
jaw. 
Vifage (generally) (harp-pointed. 
Feet formed like hands, in the manner of apes. 
Specific Character, &c. 
TAIL-LESS LEMUR, of a fubferruginous afh- 
colour, with a brown dorfal line. 
TAIL-LESS MACAUCO. 
Pennant. FUJI. Quadr. p. 212. 
This curious animal is fometimes improperly regard¬ 
ed as a fpecies of Sloth, and has been called the Cey¬ 
lon Sloth ; but it is not in the leaf!: allied to that ge¬ 
nus, and has only been fo named from the flownefs of 
its motions; in which it differs in the molt linking 
manner from all other fpecies of its own genus, which 
are animals of the moll lively difpolition, and the molt 
vivid celerity of motion. Another peculiarity belong¬ 
ing to this creature, is the total defedt of a tail, of w nit h 
not fo much as a veltige appears. It inhabits the Ealt- 
Indies, and particularly the ifland of Ceylon. Its hze 
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