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furrow ; eyes large ; ears large, the upper half membranaceous 

 and nude ; tail long, thick and bushy ; fourth digit of hand 

 and foot longest ; fingers and toes not united by a membrane, 

 but with flat disc-like terminations. 



Hair Mouse-grey at base, silver-grey at tips ; the hair on the 

 belly white tipped, sometimes entirely white; hairs on back 

 longer and with black tips. General colour yellowish-brown, 

 with a lighter band from the forehead along the centre of the 

 nose and round the eye-circles, which are darker. Iris reddish- 

 brown. Top of head rusty-brown ; back grey ; sides of body, 

 cheeks, and outer side of limbs grey, faintly washed with rusty- 

 red ; whole under side grey or yellowish-white. Tail ferru- 

 ginous ; hands and feet deep rufous-brown ; short hairs of 

 digits blackish-brown. Length, 13 inches; tail, 16 inches. The 

 female has the pelage similar to that of the male. 



The coast form, which has been described as Kirk's Galago 

 (G. kirkii), is only a variety of the present species. In it the 

 fur is pale ashy-grey ; the hairs at the base Mouse-grey, tipped 

 with grey, with longer black hairs distributed over the body ; 

 cheeks, inner sides of limbs, and under side greyish-white ; 

 face, crown, and nape washed with reddish-brown, which 

 extends on the outer side of the limbs ; lower back more 

 lightly washed ; tail, dirty grey. 



Distribution. The Great Galago is found on the south-east 

 coast of Africa to 24 S lat., and extends into the interior for 

 about 140 miles from Quilimane. Kirk's Galago (G. crassicau- 

 data, var. kirkii) is confined to the maritime regions and man- 

 grove forests of the east coast. Sir John Kirk states that it has 

 been observed at the Luabo mouth of the Zambesi, at Quili- 

 mane, and at Mozambique . It has also been procured at Taveita. 



