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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 Lemurine. 
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 Ga/ago 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 GARNETTI. 
Otolicnus garnettit, Ogilby, P. Z. S., 1838, p. 6. 
Otolemur agisymbianus, Coquerel, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1859, 
P- 457: 
Otogale garnettit, J. E. Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 140. 
Galavo garnet, Sclater, P.°Z.°%., 1864, p. 711, pli ae 
Schlegel, Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 429 (1876). 
Characters—Head round; snout elongate, protruding over 
