58 GAL AGO 



Otogale garnetti Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 140, fig. 

 (skull) ; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, 

 Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 79 ; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 

 p. 626. 



Galago garnetti Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 711, pi. 

 XL ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 860 ; Anders., 

 Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc, Pt. I, p. 26 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 329; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, 

 p. 40, (Part.). 



Galago (Otolemur) garnetti Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 112; 

 Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 646 ; Pousarg., Nouv. 

 Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, VI, 1894, p. 138. 



GARNETT'S GALAGO. 



Type locality. Port Natal, South East Africa. Type not in 

 British Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Natal, South East Africa. 



Genl. Char. Muzzle protruding beyond jaws; ears very long and 

 wide; posterior upper molar having fourth cusp only slightly de- 

 veloped; posterior lower molar with four prominent cusps; pelage 

 uniform above and also beneath. 



Color. Entire upper parts of body, outer side of limbs, and inner 

 side from wrist and knee, and tail russet, hairs tipped with golden 

 yellow ; hairs on head short, woolly, darker than the back, and with the 

 neck is dark russet, hairs tipped with golden ; entire under side of 

 body with chin, throat and inner side of limbs to wrist and knee cream 

 buff ; no stripe between eyes ; ears flesh color. 



Measurements. Total length, 650; tail, 325. Skull: occipito- 

 nasal length, 59 ; Hensel, 53 ; zygomatic width, 41 ; intertemporal width, 

 19 ; palatal length, 25 ; breadth of braincase, 29 ; median length of 

 nasals, 14 ; length of upper molar series, 20 ; length of mandible, 42 ; 

 length of lower molar series, 29. 



This species is similar to G. crassicaudatus, but the head and 

 neck are darker. The skull is much smaller with a narrower rostral 

 region, intertemporal region wider, and the upper tooth rows more 

 curving outwardly. Ears smaller. 



The type is not in the Collection of the British Museum, and it is 

 not known if it is still existing. 



Galago badius (Matschie). 



Otolemur badius Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freun., 

 1905, p. 277. 



