. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. lemuridj: 693 long thin body, long, angularly bent, slender limbs, and no tail. W. T. Blanford,! are "very similar. Its habits, aacording to Mr to those of Nycticebus tardi- (jyadus, except that the Slender Loris is rather quicker in its movements, though still slow in general. Like its ally, it is purely nocturnal and arboreal, living upon shoots and young leaves, insects, birds' eggs, birds, and lizards. It is said to be ^cry fond of honey or syrup. It sleeps rolled up in a ball with its head between its legs, graspi
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. lemuridj: 693 long thin body, long, angularly bent, slender limbs, and no tail. W. T. Blanford,! are "very similar. Its habits, aacording to Mr to those of Nycticebus tardi- (jyadus, except that the Slender Loris is rather quicker in its movements, though still slow in general. Like its ally, it is purely nocturnal and arboreal, living upon shoots and young leaves, insects, birds' eggs, birds, and lizards. It is said to be ^cry fond of honey or syrup. It sleeps rolled up in a ball with its head between its legs, grasping its perch with its ; £. Index fingers reduced to a mere tubercle without nail. Both the known species are from West Africa. Pcroditiicii!!.-—A short tail, about a third of the length of the tnmk. Two or three of the anterior dorsal vertebras have very long slender spinous processes which in the living animal project beyond the general level of the skin, forming distinct conical pro- minences, covered only by an exceedingly thin and naked integu- ment. The Potto, P. potto, is one of the oldest known members of the lemuroid group, ha\ing been described in 1705 by Bosman, who met with it in his voyage to Guinea. It was, however, lost sight of until 1825, when it was re-discovered in Sierra Leone, and fully described by Bennett in 1830 under the name of Pcrodidicus gcoffroip. Bennett's generic name has been retained, but the specific name bestowed by Gmelin, adopted from Bosman, has been restored. It is also found in the Gaboon. It is strictly noctimial, and slower in its movements even than Xyctmhui' fardigradiis, which otherwise it much resembles in its habits. A second species, the Awantibo {P. cakduirciws), rather smaller and more delicately made, with smaller hands and feet and rudi- mentary tail, constitutes the genus Ardocchus of Gray. It is found ^ iraximaHa of British India, p. 48 (1S8S). 2 Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S39, p. 109. Flo. 330.—Tlie Slender ho
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