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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. kirkit) is confined to the maritime regions and man- 
erove 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. 
