A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)

by Henry O. Forbes

THE SLOW-LORIS. GENUS NYCTICEBUS.

Nycticebus, Geoffr., Ann. du Mus., xix., p. 162 (1812).

Stenops (nec Illiger), Van der Hoeven, Tijdsch. Nat. Ges., xi., p. 39 (1844).

Bradycebus, Cuv. et Geoffr., Mém. Class. Mamm. (1795).

This genus, like the last, is represented by a single species, and its characters, therefore, are detailed below.

I. THE JAVAN SLOW-LORIS. NYCTICEBUS TARDIGRADUS.

Lemur tardigradus, Linn., S. N., i., p. 44 (1766, pt.).

Nycticebus bengalensis, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 164 (1812).

Nycticebus javanicus, Geoffr., t. c. p. 164 (1812); id. Cat. Primates, p. 78 (1851); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 286 (1876).

Nycticebus tardigradus, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 71, no. 2 (1829); Is. Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 78 (1851); Blyth, Cat. Mam. As. Soc., p. 18 (1863); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 285 (1876); Anderson, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., p. 94 (1881); Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 44 (1888).