LEMURS, POTTOS, LORIS 
the Zoo a good many species are as a rule to be seen. 
The true lemurs are commonly found represented by 
several species, such as the black lemur (Lemur macaco), 
and the crowned lemur, which mainly differ from each 
other in colour. The African galagos, with long and 
naked ears and apparently a keener sense of hearing than 
the other forms, are generally to be seen. Some of the 
smaller Madagascar species, such as Coquerel’s lemur 
(Chirogaleus coqueralt) and Smith’s dwarf lemur, are 
often on view, while the West African potto (Perodicticus 
potio), tailless and very different in general appearance 
from its Madagascar kindred, is an animal which may be 
almost counted upon as an exhibit. So too the slow 
loris (Nycticelus tardigradus) and the other loris of the 
East, Loris gracilis. The singular Malayan Tarsius, a 
small form with large ears, a frail body, and huge staring 
eyes, has never been acquired by the Society. It is 
eminently a desideratum. 
THE Stow LorIs 
This woolly-furred little lemur is for us the type of 
a sub-family of the lemurs which includes also the other 
loris of the East and the potto and the angwantibo of 
Africa. Like its allies, the slow loris is almost tailless, 
it has large, staring eyes, the index finger, “ first ”’ 
finger, as it is often called, is small—a stage on the way 
to its disappearance, which has occurred in the pottos. 
It is a small creature not much over a foot in length. 
Its home is in the East, to wit, Assam, Malaya, Siam to 
the Philippines in the extreme East. It is naturally 
arboreal, and, as its large and soft-looking eyes denote, — 
nocturnal in habit. During the day it sleeps rolled into 
a ball, the head being bowed between the legs. In spite 
of the mildness of its eye, the little loris is not to be 
handled with impunity; its sharp teeth can leave a 
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