THE GALAGO 



to fruits or a general mixed diet, indicating that in 

 their native home a large proportion of the diet is of 

 an animal nature, such as birds and their young. 



Albinism occurs with these galagos, as with other 

 species of animals. Two albinos were captured in a 

 forest in Southern Rhodesia and were kept in cap- 

 tivity by a friend for some years. 



The Moholi Galago is brownish grey on the back, 

 gradually becoming lighter on the sides. In the 

 males the under parts are yellowish ; in the female 

 paler. Throat and chin white ; a white line along 

 the nose ; eyes ringed with black ; tail rather thinly 

 covered with brown, of the same colour its entire 

 length, but more bushy towards the tip. Head 

 round and nose blunt. 



Length of head and body, viz. from nose to base 

 of tail, 7 inches. Tail to end of terminal hairs, 

 8 inches. 



The Great Galago 

 ( Galago crassicaudatus) 



The Great Galago is so called because of its com- 

 paratively large size, it being as large as an average 

 domestic cat. It is, with the exception of one closely 

 allied species from the West Coast, the largest of the 

 galagos. It is an inhabitant of Mossambique and 

 the Zambesi regions, and having been found south 

 of that river it is, in consequence, recorded as one of 

 the South African fauna. 



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