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Otolicnus peli, Temm., Esquis. Zool. Mamm., p. 42 (1853). 
Otolicnus demidoffi, Wagner in Schreb., Saugeth. Suppl. v., p. 
160 (1855). 
Flemigalago demidoffi, Dahlb., Stud. Zool., p. 230 (1856). 
Galago murinus, Murray, Edinb. Phil. Journ. (n.s.), x., pp. 
243-251, pl..xr1 (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, whichis 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 ; 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-maxillz) 
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- 
