Bengal slow lorus
Date
1867
Creator
Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819 - 1904, French) , Biologist
Object type
Library reference
RCN8171
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 294mm
width (print): 225mm
width (print): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological and anatomical studies of the Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis (here styled Nycticebus cinereus) a primate native to Southeast Asia. Figure 1 shows the animal posed on a tree branch. Figures 2-5 show details of the skull and jaws.
Plate 3 accompanying the paper ‘Note sur une nouvelle espèce du genre nycticebus provenant de Siam et de Cochinchine’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.3 (Paris, 1867); Bulletin pp.9-13.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles Archives du Muséum. Bulletin. Tom.III. PL.3’ Inscribed below: ‘Nycticebus cinereus. Alph. Milne-Edw. Bocourt pinxit. Chromolith. G. Severeyns,.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
Plate 3 accompanying the paper ‘Note sur une nouvelle espèce du genre nycticebus provenant de Siam et de Cochinchine’, by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Nouvelles archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle…’ v.3 (Paris, 1867); Bulletin pp.9-13.
Inscribed above: ‘Nouvelles Archives du Muséum. Bulletin. Tom.III. PL.3’ Inscribed below: ‘Nycticebus cinereus. Alph. Milne-Edw. Bocourt pinxit. Chromolith. G. Severeyns,.’
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900) French mammalogist and ornithologist.
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