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eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 82, fig. 8 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 329; Bedd., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1891, 

 pp. 453, 461 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 43, (Part.) ; 

 Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, p. 185 ; Bates, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 71. 

 Galago acaciarum var. alleni, Less., Spec. Mamra., 1840, p. 247. 

 Galago {Otolicnus) alleni Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. Ill; 

 Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 647; Pousarg., Nouv. 

 Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, VI, 1894, p. 150; Id. Ann. 

 Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, III, 7me Ser., 1896, p. 242; F. Major, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 138, fig. 

 Otolicnus alleni van der Hoev., Tijdsch. Natur. Gesch. Phys., 

 1844, p. 42; Temm., Esquis. Zool., 1853, p. 40; Wagn., 

 Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 36; V, 1855, p. 159; Fitz- 

 ing., Sitzungsb. Metth. Naturw. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1870, p. 

 742. 

 Sciurocheirus alleni Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 857. 

 allen'S galago. £mam, native name in Cameroon. 



Type locality. Fernando Po. Type in British Museum. 

 Geogr. Distr. Cameroon, (Sclater) ; Gaboon and Fernando Po. 

 Genl. Char. Ears very large ; second upper molar nearly equal 

 in size to third premolar, talon greatly developed; last molar quadi- 

 cuspidate ; incisors placed in front of line between canines. 



Color. Head, face, back, arms and legs mummy brown ; the lower 

 back has the hair much worn and the blackish brown under fur shows, 

 making this part darker than the rest ; under parts whitish but most 

 of the hair gone ; tail bistre. Ex type British Museum in poor con- 

 dition. 



Another specimen in perfect state has head blackish brown and 

 gray ; gray stripe between eyes and on nose ; upper parts dark mummy 

 brown ; outer side of arms dark cinnamon rufous ; patch of cinnamon 

 rufous at thigh joint, rest of leg russet ; hands and feet dark grayish 

 brown ; under parts grayish white ; tail, basal half black, brown and 

 gray, apical half dark chestnut. 



Measurements. Total length, 445 ; tail, 235. Skull : occipito- 

 nasal length, 50; intertemporal width, 19; palatal length, 18; median 

 length of nasals, 13; width of braincase, 24; length of upper molar 

 series, 17; length of mandible, 30; length of lower molar series, 17. 



Bates states that the cmam is "found in the daylight in hollow 

 trees, three or four huddled together asleep. An cmam that was 



