THE AFRICAN GALAGOS. 45 



Otolicnus peli^ Temm., Esquis. Zool. Mamm., p. 42 (1853). 

 Oioliaius demidqffi^ Wagner in Schreb., Saugeth. Suppl., v., p. 



160(1855). 

 Hemigdlago demidoffi^ Dahlb., Stud. Zool., p. 230 (1856). 

 Galago iiiunniis^ Murray, Edinb. Phil. Journ. (n.s.), x., pp. 

 243-2515 pl- II (1859)- 



Characters. — Head round ; body short and thick : snout very 

 narrow ; long bristles on the face, corners of the eyes, and 

 sides of the nose ; ears long, oval, membranaceous, transparent, 

 the inner margin haired ; eyes large and projecting ; nose elon- 

 gated in front, and projecting above the upper lip ; fingers 

 slender ; wrist, ankle, hands and feet short-haired ; digits 

 naked ; tail longer than body, round and slender. Length, 5 

 inches ; tail, 8 inches. 



Basal part of hair Mouse-grey. Upper side reddish-brown, 

 more rufous down the back, and on the tail, except its distal 

 half, which is darker. Top of head and sides of face darker ; 

 a narrow white streak from the brow down the nose ; ring 

 round the eyes dark, wider on the inner side j chin, throat, inner 

 side of limbs, and under surface of body creamy-white. In the 

 young, which remains blind for several days after birth, the 

 white nose-streak is less defined, and the fur is shorter and 

 lighter than that of the parents. 



Orbits approximating; front bones of jaw (the pre-maxillse) 

 projecting beyond the incisors ; upper median pre-molar teeth 

 with enlarged heel, and with one or two diminutive cusps ; 

 upper molars with a small cusp on the oblique ridge ; wrist- 

 bones elongated. 



Distribution. — Demidoff's Galago occurs in Senegal, in West 

 Africa, and has been obtained in Central Africa in the Niam- 



