THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
pot * Crownep Lemur, and CoquEret’s Lemur, all 
represent various small, pretty, and interesting 
varieties of the group. The BLAck-AND-wuHitTE 
Lemur, one of the larger kinds, is capable of 
domestication. A specimen kept in a London 
house, where the present writer saw it, was always 
called “« Pussy” by the children. The other small 
kinds are very like squirrels, mice, weasels, and 
other creatures, with which they have no connec- 
tion. It seems as though the curiously limited 
and primitive fauna of Madagascar tried to make 
up for its want of variety by mimicking the 
forms of other animals, and something of the 
same kind is seen in Australia, where the mar- 
supials take the place of all kinds of ordinary mammals. There are marsupial rats, marsupial 
wolves, marsupial squirrels, and even marsupial moles. The small squirrel and rat-like lemurs 
are calleu CHIROGALES. COQUEREL’S Lemur is really a chirogale. It is a quaint and by no 
means amiable little animal, sleeping obstinately all day, and always ready to growl and bite 
if disturbed. Its colour is brownish gray and cream-colour. A pair of these, rolled up tightly 
into balls in a box of hay, will absolutely refuse to move, even when handled. They only 
feed by night. 
Photo by L. Medland, F.ZS] [North Finchley 
GARNETT'’S GALAGO 
One of the squirrel-like lemuroids 
THE GALAGos 
An allied group, confined to tropical Africa, is that of the Gatacos. They are most beau- 
tiful little creatures, whose nearest relatives are the Malagasy lemurs. Generally speaking, they 
have even more exquisite fur than the lemurs. It is almost as soft as floss silk, and so close that 
the hand sinks into it as into a bed of moss. The colour of the fur is rich and pleasing, gener- 
ally some shade of brown. The head is small, the nose pointed, and the ears thin, hairless, and 
capable of being folded up, like the wings of a beetle. But the most beautiful feature of the gal- 
agos is their eyes. These are of immense size, compared with the head. The eye is of the 
richest and most beautiful brown, like a cairngorm stone, but not glassy or clear. Though quite 
translucent, the eye is marked with minute dividing-lines, like the grain in an agate—a truly 
exquisite object. When handled or taken in the arms, the little galago clasps the fingers or 
sleeve tightly, as if it thought it was holding 
a tree, and shows no disposition to escape. A 
family of three or four young ones, no larger 
than mice, with their large-eyed mother attend- 
ing to them, forms an exquisitely dainty little 
group. The galagos vary from the size of a 
squirrel to that of a small cat. The kind most 
often seen in England is the MauHo1i GALAaco 
from East Africa. Another species comes 
from Senegal, and others from Calabar and the 
forests of the Gold Coast. GARrNETT’s GALAGO, 
another species, is shown above. They may 
be regarded as nocturnal tropical lemuroids, 
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analogous to the chirogales of Madagascar. It 
has been suggested, with great probability, that 
the intensely drowsy sleep of many of the 
lemuroid animals corresponds to the hiberna- 
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[North Finchley 
L. Medland, F.Z.8 ] 
MAHOLI GALAGO 
This little animal is a native of East Africa, It has very large eyes, 
and fur as soft as the chinchilla’ s 
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