40 LLOYD S NATURAL HISTORY. 



and four-cusped — the two front cusps (united by a ridge) are 

 taller than the two hind ones, and there is a minute cusp 

 between the two hind cusps. The posterior molar, though 

 smaller than the others, is five-cusped. The oblique ridge is 

 not present in the lower molars. 



The brain of the Galagos is narrower and shallower than 

 that in the Lemur ince. 



The female gives birth to two or three young at a time. 



According to Dr. Forsyth Major, who has made the Le- 

 muroidea a special study, the smaller African Galagos have 

 departed less from the primitive Lemuroid type than the 

 Madagascar genera, in which greater specialisation has taken 

 place. 



The members of the genus Galago are widely distributed on 

 the African continent, but are unknown in Madagascar. They 

 range throughout the dense forest regions, from Abyssinia in 

 the north-east, to Senegambia in the west, and southward as 

 far as Natal and Mozambique. 



Almost all the Galagos are nocturnal. They are chiefly 

 arboreal, and when they descend to the ground they advance 

 by hops on their long hind-limbs. They feed chiefly on fruits, 

 insects, birds, and birds' eggs. 



I. GARNETT'S GALAGO. GALAGO GARNETTL 



Otolicnus garnettii^ Ogilby, P. Z. S., 1838, p. 6. 



Otolemur agtsyfnbianus, Coquerel, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1859, 



P- 457- 

 Otogah garnettii^ J. E. Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 140. 

 Galago garnettii^ Sclater, P. Z. S., 1864, p. 711, pi. xi. 



Schlegel, Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 429 (1876). 

 Characters. — Head round ; snout elongate, protruding over 



