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Kukang means (archaic) Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda slow loris..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda slow loris..
Of the genus Loris are two species, the Kukang or Lemur tardigradus, and the Nycticebus Javanicus, the latter of which however I have not seen.
[…] leaving the poor fellow to make his way unarmed down to the sea, where he ran upon a pair of half-starved kukangs, a vicious species of Malay chimpanzee, in fleeing from which he fell over the cliff and was dashed to pieces.
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Kukang means (archaic) Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda slow loris..
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Of the genus Loris are two species, the Kukang or Lemur tardigradus, and the Nycticebus Javanicus, the latter of which however I have not seen.
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